Total Arthroplasty in Complex Elbow Injury

Abstract

Abstract The authors present an atypical case of a left elbow complex fracture with extensive loss of bone and muscle tissue. The patient was submitted to several surgical procedures, which resulted in a total arthroplasty of the left elbow with triceps reconstruction using a semitendinosus muscle tendon graft.

Keywords

• elbow joint
• arthroplasty, replacement
• elbow fractures
• elbow prosthesis