A method of elbow fusion

Description: Brief report in JBJS A - Recent literature concerning surgery of the arthritic elbow has concentrated on prosthetic replacement; however, occasional patients are encountered who require surgery but are unsuitable for arthroplasty. If arthrodesis is contemplated the surgeon will find that many of the standard techniques were described during the era of tuberculous infection and are less applicable nowadays.
We describe a method offusion which has been used successfully in three recent patients with secondary degenerative arthritis and in whom total elbow replacement was considered inappropriate.
Irvine & Gregg JBJS B VOL. 71-B, No. 1. JANUARY 1989