TY - JOUR T1 - Traumatic Valgus Instability of the Elbow AU - Kini, Sunil Gurpur Y1 - 2009/05/01 N1 - JO - The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery SP - 1275 EP - 1275 VL - 91 IS - 5 N2 - I read with interest the article "Traumatic Valgus Instability of the Elbow: Pathoanatomy and Results of Direct Repair" (2008;90:2416-22), by Richard et al. Repair of avulsion injuries of the ulnar collateral ligament has yielded better results than repair of midsubstance tears, but the superiority of the outcomes of operative treatment of isolated medial ligament injuries, as compared with the outcomes of nonoperative treatment, is questionable. I would like to ask the authors to comment on the following. SN - 0021-9355 M3 - doi: UR - http://dx.doi.org/ ER -