Total Elbow Arthroplasty for the Fracture of Elbow Arthrodesis Site: A Case Report.
- Author:
Myung Ho KIM
1
;
Joong Bae SEO
;
Sung Su HWANG
Author Information
1. Department of Orthopeadic Surgery, Dankook University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea. ssjb1990@dku.edu
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Total elbow arthroplasty;
Arthrodesis
- MeSH:
Ankylosis;
Arthrodesis*;
Arthroplasty*;
Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip;
Elbow*;
Humans;
Knee
- From:Journal of the Korean Shoulder and Elbow Society
2007;10(2):246-250
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Total elbow arthroplasty is a relatively rare procedure compared with total knee or total hip arthroplasty. Total elbow arthroplasty for bony ankylosis is even rarer, and the results are often unsatisfactory. We report a patient who gained good mobility of the elbow after total elbow arthroplasty for the treatment of fractured arthrodesis site with which the patient had lived with for 12 years.
