The medial joint capsule reinforced by the UCL, providing the medial boundary of the elbow joint and containing the medial synovial recess.
Provides the medial joint boundary and houses synovial tissue involved in inflammatory elbow arthritis.
The medial elbow capsule is approached for ulnar nerve transposition during cubital tunnel release. Medial capsular plication is performed in UCL reconstruction to restore medial joint tightness. Synovial chondromatosis preferentially involves the medial recess.
Medial elbow capsular synovitis in rheumatoid arthritis producing medial joint swelling and ulnar nerve irritation, managed by disease-modifying therapy and synovectomy in refractory cases.
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