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ARTHROPLASTY OF THE ELBOW. EXPERIENCE WITH THE MARK III GSB PROSTHESIS
Author(s) -
Bell Simon,
Gschwend Norbert,
Steiger Uelrich
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1986.tb01833.x
Subject(s) - medicine , arthroplasty , elbow , prosthesis , arthroplasty replacement , surgery
Forty‐five total elbow replacements using the Mark III GSB prosthesis are reviewed. Average follow‐up was 2.7 years. The overall results were good in 87% of cases, fair in 9%, and poor in 4%. Excluding the two poor results, which required prosthesis removal, 96% of cases had no significant pain. The flexion/extension arc improved 24° and the supination/pronation arc improved 22°. No prosthesis was loose and only one had a significant radiolucent line. The overall complication rate was 25%. Disassembling of the two components, due to inadequate ligament tension, was the most frequent complication and this occurred in four elbows.