Elbow Replacement Arthroplasty (Subscribe)  

K T Lee, S Singh, C H Lai Singapore Med J 2005; 46(12) : 718
Conclusion: Our small study revealed good to excellent short-term outcome with the use of semi-constrained total elbow arthroplasty for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis of the elbow in Asian patients.

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...

Synonyms: total elbow arthroplasty, endoprosthetic elbow replacement. Whereas hip and knee joint replacement is performed thousands of times per year within the NHS, elbow joint replacement is much more recent and experimental. The total number performed each year remains small but it is regarded as a well established surgical procedure. Not...

The Souter-Strathclyde prosthesis was used in 52 evisions of total elbow replacements (TERs) between August 1986 and May 1997. Of these, 50, carried out in 45 patients, were prospectively followed for a mean of 53 months (14 to 139). The procedure produced reliable relief of pain, and the range of...

We have reviewed 66 consecutive Souter-Strathclyde arthroplasties of the elbow implanted in 59 patients between 1982 and 1993. Thirteen patients (15 elbows) (19.6%) died. Sixteen elbows (24.2%) were revised, six for aseptic loosening (9%), four (6%) because of fracture or loosening after a fracture, three (4.5%) for infection and three...

Notes on the technique for this operation