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Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - British Volume, Vol 88-B, Issue 4,
509-514.
doi: 10.1302/0301-620X.88B4.17095 Copyright © 2006 by British Editorial Society of Bone and Joint Surgery Total elbow arthroplasty with the Coonrad/Coonrad-Morrey prosthesisA 10- TO 31-YEAR SURVIVAL ANALYSISJ. M. Aldridge, III, MD, Assistant Professor1; N. R. Lightdale, MD, Chief Resident1; W. J. Mallon, MD, Associate Clinical Professor2; and R. W. Coonrad, MD, Associate Clinical Professor, Emeritus3
1 Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, 27710, USA. Correspondence should be sent to Dr J. M. Aldridge III; e-mail: aldri004{at}mc.duke.edu
There have been few reports in the literature of total elbow arthroplasty extending beyond 10 to 15 years. We reviewed 40 patients (41 elbows) with a mean age of 56 years (19 to 83) who had undergone a Coonrad/Coonrad-Morrey elbow arthroplasty by one surgeon for various diagnoses between 1974 and 1994. Surgical selection excluded patients with previous elbow infection or who refused to accept a sedentary level of elbow activity postoperatively. Objective data were collected from charts, radiographs, clinical photographs and supplemented by the referring orthopaedic surgeons’ records and radiographs if health or distance prevented a patient from returning for final review. Subjective outcome was defined by patient satisfaction. Of the 41 elbows, 21 were functional between 10 and 14 years after operation, ten between 15 and 19 years and ten between 20 and 31 years. There were 14 complications and 13 revisions, but no cases of acute infection, or permanent removal of any implant. This article has been cited by other articles:
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