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The Lateral Elbow Ligaments

A Correlative Radiographic Study

Eugene E. Berg, MD^*, and Doug DeHoll, MD

^* New Hampshire Bone & Joint Institute, Bedford, New Hampshire, Columbia, South Carolina
University of South Carolina, School of Medicine, Columbia, South Carolina

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Eugene E. Berg, MD, New Hampshire Bone & Joint Institute, 48 Constitution Drive, Bedford, NH 03110

Knowledge of the lateral elbow ligaments’ normal anatomic relationships to osseous structures, as seen on standard radiographs, can facilitate the interpretation of arthrograms and an understanding of fracture mechanisms. We dissected fresh cadaveric elbows to isolate the entire lateral ulnar collateral and annular ligaments as well as their sites of osseous origin and insertion. We obtained radiographs of each ligament after painting them with a special radiopaque tantalum powder cyanoacrylic preparation. The resulting study allowed radiographic depiction of these important soft tissue structures in relation to the attendant osseous anatomy.