title: Silastic replacement of the head of the radius in trauma.
abstract: Eighteen patients with marginal depressed or comminuted fractures of the head of the radius, nine of whom had an associated posterior dislocation of the elbow, had a Silastic replacement carried out shortly after injury. After an average follow-up of twenty-six months satisfactory clinical results were observed in seventeen cases; three prostheses broke. The prosthesis has been particularly effective in the group with an associated posterior dislocation of the elbow.
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007595:Joint Prosthesis; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D011885:Radius Fractures / Q000145:classification / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D012826:Silicone Elastomers; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
chemical_list: D012826:Silicone Elastomers