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Conversion of Elbow Arthrodesis to Total Elbow Arthroplasty: A Case Report and Literature Review

Elbow arthrodesis is a salvage operation designed to relieve pain and enable weight bearing in young patients with painful arthritic joints who have failed all other treatment modalities. Unfortunately, elbow arthrodesis is poorly tolerated by many patients because there is no fusion position that a...

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Autores principales: Cutler, Holt S, Heineman, Nathan, Hurd, Aaron, Koehler, Daniel, Bass, Robert, Schacherer, Timothy
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9218910/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35757008
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/24715492221108608
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author Cutler, Holt S
Heineman, Nathan
Hurd, Aaron
Koehler, Daniel
Bass, Robert
Schacherer, Timothy
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description Elbow arthrodesis is a salvage operation designed to relieve pain and enable weight bearing in young patients with painful arthritic joints who have failed all other treatment modalities. Unfortunately, elbow arthrodesis is poorly tolerated by many patients because there is no fusion position that accommodates all activities of daily living. As indications for elbow arthroplasty expand and implant design improves, patients living with elbow arthrodesis may seek conversion to arthroplasty to regain a functional range of motion. Only one case of elbow arthrodesis to elbow arthroplasty conversion has been reported in the English literature to date. We present the case of a 58 year old male, five years status post elbow arthrodesis, unable to perform his ADLs adequately, who was successfully converted to a total elbow arthroplasty. Indications, contraindications, and technical pearls are discussed.
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spelling pubmed-92189102022-06-24 Conversion of Elbow Arthrodesis to Total Elbow Arthroplasty: A Case Report and Literature Review Cutler, Holt S Heineman, Nathan Hurd, Aaron Koehler, Daniel Bass, Robert Schacherer, Timothy J Shoulder Elb Arthroplast Case Report Elbow arthrodesis is a salvage operation designed to relieve pain and enable weight bearing in young patients with painful arthritic joints who have failed all other treatment modalities. Unfortunately, elbow arthrodesis is poorly tolerated by many patients because there is no fusion position that accommodates all activities of daily living. As indications for elbow arthroplasty expand and implant design improves, patients living with elbow arthrodesis may seek conversion to arthroplasty to regain a functional range of motion. Only one case of elbow arthrodesis to elbow arthroplasty conversion has been reported in the English literature to date. We present the case of a 58 year old male, five years status post elbow arthrodesis, unable to perform his ADLs adequately, who was successfully converted to a total elbow arthroplasty. Indications, contraindications, and technical pearls are discussed. SAGE Publications 2022-06-20 /pmc/articles/PMC9218910/ /pubmed/35757008 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/24715492221108608 Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
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title_short Conversion of Elbow Arthrodesis to Total Elbow Arthroplasty: A Case Report and Literature Review
title_sort conversion of elbow arthrodesis to total elbow arthroplasty: a case report and literature review
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9218910/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35757008
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/24715492221108608
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