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An evolving technique, presented during the Arthroscopy Association of North America’s annual meeting, addresses three main pathologic processes involved in primary degenerative arthritis of the elbow. According to first author Julie E. Adams, MD, “Loss and fragmentation of cartilage lead to loose body formation. Reactive bone and cartilage formation give...

We report the technique and results of a new method of debridement arthroplasty for advanced primary osteoarthritis of the elbow. Triceps and the periosteum of the olecranon are reflected towards the ulnar side and the joint is opened by dividing the radial collateral ligament. Osteophytes are removed, the olecranon and...

The characteristics and surgical outcome of debridement arthroplasty were investigated in athletes and manual laborers with osteoarthrosis of the elbow. There were 26 elbows in athletes, and 24 elbows in laborers. The mean age was 32 years in athletes and 50 years in laborers. The osteoarthrosis was mainly mild in...

Methods. Items were generated using 25 patients and expert opinion, and reduced using 25 new patients to yield a nine-item patient questionnaire and a six-item clinical evaluation (of strength, motion and ulnar nerve involvement). This was validated using 63 new patients (of whom 28 were studied twice without therapy and...

We have carried out a retrospective review of 11 Souter-Strathclyde primary total elbow arthroplasties in ten patients with osteoarthritis, over a period of nine years. The diagnosis was primary osteoarthritis in nine elbows and post-traumatic arthritis in two. The mean follow-up was 68 months (15 to 117). Although no patient...

Links to several references including -
Arthroscopic Treatment of the Arthritic Elbow
Management of Elbow Osteoarthritis
Primary Osteoarthritis of the Elbow: Current Treatment Options
Osteoarthritis of the elbow: results of arthroscopic osteophyte resection and capsulectomy
Débridement arthroplasty for primary osteoarthritis of the elbow
Debridement arthroplasty for primary osteoarthritis of the elbow. Surgical technique
Arthroscopic debridement without radial...

Degenerative arthritis of the elbow is a poorly recognised condition, usually seen in a middle-aged man with an occupation or activity which involves the repetitive use of his dominant arm. Flexion contracture and pain at terminal extension are common presenting features. Fifteen patients were reviewed at a mean of 33...

Sixteen patients (14 male, two female; mean age 61, range 49-75 years) with elbow osteoarthritis (OA) unassociated with nodal or crystal related OA were studied. None had received obvious trauma. The dominant elbow was affected in 14, the other in 12 (mean symptom onset in these 26 elbows 53 years...

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Between 1990 and 1996 we performed 20 consecutive ulnohumeral arthroplasties for primary osteoarthritis of the elbow. The outcome was assessed using the Disabilities of Arm, Shoulder and Hand Score (DASH) and the Mayo Elbow Performance Score (MEPS) at a mean follow-up of 75 months (58 to 132). There were excellent...

Seven patients underwent 9 ulnohumeral arthroplasties for degenerative arthritis of the elbow. At mean follow-up of 26 months, 5 elbows were pain free; two continued to cause mild pain and one to cause moderate pain. Extension improved from 22 degrees+/-8 degrees preoperatively to 12 degrees+/-9 degrees postoperatively (p=0.02); the average...

Background Osteoarthritis of the elbow is a difficult problem to treat. The results of total joint arthroplasty have historically been poor.
Methods Seventy-nine patients who underwent ulnohumeral arthroplasty between 1994 and 2002 were included in the study. Fifty-nine elbows in 58 patients were available for clinical assessment. There were 14 females...