A humeral replacement prosthesis for the elbow: results in ten elbows
Street, D.M.; Stevens, P.S.
Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. American Volume 56(6): 1147-1158
1974
ISSN/ISBN: 0021-9355 PMID: 4436351 Document Number: 80314
A stainless-steel or titanium prosthetic replacement for the trochlea and capitellum was developed and used in ten elbows, five with post-traumatic lesions, three with rheumatoid arthritis, and two with ankylosis secondary to hemophilia. After followups of from one to seven years, the results were found to be unpredictable or poor in the patients with inflammatory arthritis or hemophilia, while a stable, painless elbow with a functional range of motion was achieved in four of the five patients with post-traumatic lesions.