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17.A 45-year-old male presents to your clinic with intermittent clicking sensation of his right elbow which he has experienced for approximately 6 months. He states that the elbow locks on weekly basis and this affects his job. You decide to perform an arthroscopy but following the procedure the patient experiences paraesthesia in the radial digits and weakness on flexing his fingers.
Which is the most probable intraoperative technical error when instrumenting the joint?

QUESTION ID: 3178

1. Elbow extension
2. Elbow flexion to 90 degrees
3. Insufficient joint insufflation with saline
4. Joint insufflation and flexion to 90 degrees
5. Lateral position of patient