Journal of the Korean Shoulder and Elbow Society  2007;10(2):246-250

Total Elbow Arthroplasty for the Fracture of Elbow Arthrodesis Site: A Case Report.

Myung Ho KIM 1 ; Joong Bae SEO ; Sung Su HWANG

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Keywords

Total elbow arthroplasty; Arthrodesis

Country

Republic 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.