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Orthopaedic Proceedings
Vol. 96-B, Issue SUPP_11 | Pages 273 - 273
1 Jul 2014
Alizadehkhaiyat O Vishwanathan K Frostick S
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Summary Statement

Discovery system produced effective functional improvement in both primary and revision total elbow replacement. The incidence of major complications was in an acceptable range.

Introduction

The search for the ideal elbow prosthesis continues as instability and loosening remain the prime reasons for total elbow replacement (TER) failure. The Discovery Elbow System (Biomet) is one of the latest generations of linked prosthesis and has been used in UK since 2003. We report outcome of TER using this system.