Optimal elbow surgical positioning can be challenging for certain surgical procedures. A dedicated assistant is ... read more ↘ sometimes required to hold the arm in position for the majority of the case, which translates to additional cost and resource utilization. Limb positioners were designed to obviate the need for a surgical assistant to hold an extremity throughout a case. We describe our novel technique of utilizing a non-sterile articulating limb positioner for elbow surgery in order to allow 360-degree access to the elbow, freedom of movement, and easy fluoroscopy access. This is a useful positioning technique to address olecranon fractures, distal humerus fractures, terrible triad fracture dislocations/traumatic instability, elbow arthroplasty, and humeral shaft fractures (lateral patient position) ↖ read less
