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Bone & Joint Research
Vol. 13, Issue 5 | Pages 201 - 213
1 May 2024
Hamoodi Z Gehringer CK Bull LM Hughes T Kearsley-Fleet L Sergeant JC Watts AC

Aims

The aims of this study were to identify and evaluate the current literature examining the prognostic factors which are associated with failure of total elbow arthroplasty (TEA).

Methods

Electronic literature searches were conducted using MEDLINE, Embase, PubMed, and Cochrane. All studies reporting prognostic estimates for factors associated with the revision of a primary TEA were included. The risk of bias was assessed using the Quality In Prognosis Studies (QUIPS) tool, and the quality of evidence was assessed using the modified Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development, and Evaluations (GRADE) framework. Due to low quality of the evidence and the heterogeneous nature of the studies, a narrative synthesis was used.


The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery British Volume
Vol. 74-B, Issue 1 | Pages 130 - 132
1 Jan 1992
Maffulli N Hughes T Fixsen J

Limb lengthening in nine patients was monitored by radiographs and by ultrasound scans. The distraction gap appeared as a sonolucent area within which echogenic foci developed soon after distraction commenced. By seven weeks a new cortex was detected, and medullary canal began to develop between seven and eight weeks. Ultrasound scanning can be used to measure distraction, but it was not as useful as radiographs in detecting angulation. Its use in patients undergoing limb lengthening could reduce their exposure to radiation.