Inclusion criteria
infection, triad injuries, fractures, distal humerus fractures
INFECTION
Patients more than 18 years old with written informed consent undergoing inpatient stay after elbow surgery were included.The extent of elbow surgery required hat to be a major procedure requiring an expected postoperative stay of at least 3 days. This included primary implantation of an elbow prosthesis, re-implantation of an elbow prosthesis after infection was safely ruled out, fractures such as Monteggia(-like) injuries, terrible triad injuries, intraarticular distal humerus fractures (type C according to the OA/OTA), and complex arthrolysis of the elbow using an open surgical approach.