Kudo 5 total elbow replacement in the treatment of the rheumatoid elbow: results at a minimum of ten years

Elbow: Arthroplasty


The Kudo 5 total elbow replacement in the treatment of the rheumatoid elbow: results at a minimum of ten years


Qureshi F, Draviaraj KP, Stanley D (Northern General Hosp, Sheffield, UK) J Bone Joint Surg [Br] 92-B:1416-1421, 2010§



J.E. Adams, MD



Evidence Ranking


• B



Expert Rating


• 3



Abstract


Between September 1993 and September 1996, we performed 34 Kudo 5 total elbow replacements in 31 rheumatoid patients. All 22 surviving patients were reviewed at a mean of 11.9 years (10 to 14). Their mean age was 56 years (37 to 78) at the time of operation. All had Larsen grade IV or V rheumatoid changes on X-ray. Nine (three bilateral replacements and six unilateral) had died from unrelated causes. One who had died before ten years underwent revision for dislocation.

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