The clinical status of elbow arthroplasty.docVIP

 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 25 The clinical status of elbow arthroplasty [Abstract] currently using elbow arthroplasty can be biological materials arthroplasty and interposition arthroplasty prosthesis. Biological materials between the home arthroplasty neither completely eliminate pain, can not be fully restored function, only for severe post-traumatic arthritis associated with inflammatory or limited joint mobility of young patients. modern prosthetic arthroplasty has experienced 30 years of clinical tests, the prosthesis survival rate is close to the level of total knee replacement, total vast majority of elbow replacement surgery significantly improved function, pain was relieved. However, due to anatomical characteristics of the elbow joint, total elbow replacement in the complication rate is higher than total hip or total knee replacement, total elbow should be on high alert replacement of the complications. This article describes the type of elbow arthroplasty, indications, contraindications and clinical effects. [Keywords:] elbow interposition arthroplasty, implant arthroplasty, total elbow arthroplasty, complications Current status of elbow arthroplasty ∥ SUN Lei, NING Zhi jie.Orthopaedic Center of PLA, the 88th Hospital of PLA, Tai’an 271000, China Abstract: Two types of elbow arthroplasties are used in current clinial practice: interpositional and implant arthroplasty.Interposition elbow arthroplasty neither completely eliminates pain nor restores full function.It may be indicated for young active patients with severe inflammatory or posttraumatic arthritis, especially those with limited elbow motion.Current implant arthroplasty has come a long way in the past three decades.Elbow implant survival data nearly approach those of knee arthroplasty.The majority of patients have significant improvement in function and marked pain relief after total elbow replacement.However, the complication rate is higher than that for total hip and knee arthroplasty