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The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Vol 74, Issue 4 479-490, Copyright © 1992 by Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc
Semiconstrained arthroplasty for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis of the elbow
BF Morrey and RA Adams
Department of Orthopedics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905.
Fifty-four patients in whom a total of fifty-eight semiconstrained modified
Coonrad elbow implants had been inserted for rheumatoid arthritis were
followed for a mean of 3.8 years (range, two to eight years). At the latest
follow-up, there was little or no pain in fifty-three elbows (91 per cent).
The arc of motion was from an average point in flexion of 20 degrees to an
average point in flexion of 129 degrees, representing an average increase
of 12 degrees of extension and 11 degrees of flexion. The average arc of
pronation was 78 degrees, an increase of 14 degrees, and the average arc of
supination was 77 degrees, an increase of 18 degrees. An additional ten
patients who had had insertion of ten modified Coonrad implants during the
same period were followed for less than two years but were included in the
assessment of complications. Fifteen (22 per cent) of the sixty-eight
elbows had a complication: four, infection; eight, acute or delayed
condylar or ulnar fracture; and one each, ulnar neuritis, avulsion of the
triceps, and fracture of the implant. Radiographic evaluation was performed
for fifty-four of the fifty-eight elbows; the other four were excluded from
this evaluation because of infection. A satisfactory radiographic
appearance of the cement--its extent and the absence of skip areas--was
noted for all of the ulnar components and for fifty-one (94 per cent) of
the humeral components. No patient had radiographic evidence of a loose
implant. A reoperation was performed in six elbows (10 per cent of the
fifty-eight; 9 per cent of the sixty-eight): four were done for infection;
one, for insufficiency of the triceps; and one, for a fractured ulnar
component. Of the fifty-eight elbows, forty (69 per cent) had an excellent
result; thirteen (22 per cent), a good result; four (7 per cent), a fair
result; and one, a poor result.

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