title: Humeral hemiarthroplasty of the elbow joint in young patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a report on 7 arthroplasties.
abstract: This article evaluates the early results of 7 humeral hemiarthroplasties of the elbow joint in 5 female rheumatoid patients using only the humeral component of the capitellocondylar prosthesis. The follow-up period was 25 to 109 months. All patients were 50 years old or younger; 3 patients were between 22 and 26 years. Because all patients were rather young, the intention was to perform a procedure that conserves a maximal amount of bone stock for future salvage procedures. One prosthesis had to be removed because of an infection unrelated to the primary procedure. The remaining bone stock provided a stable and pain-free excision arthroplasty. The other arthroplasties showed good pain relief; however, postoperative motion was not as reliable as described for total capitellocondylar prostheses.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Swoboda
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Scott
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000601:surgery*; D019643:Arthroplasty, Replacement; D004551:Elbow Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006811:Humerus / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D016896:Treatment Outcome