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The Bone & Joint Journal
Vol. 99-B, Issue 6 | Pages 818 - 823
1 Jun 2017
Kodama A Mizuseki T Adachi N

Aims

We assessed the long-term (more than ten-year) outcomes of the Kudo type-5 elbow prosthesis in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA).

Materials and Methods

We reviewed 41 elbows (Larsen Grade IV, n = 21; Grade V, n = 20) in 31 patients with RA who had undergone a Kudo type-5 total elbow arthroplasty (TEA) between 1994 and 2003, and had been followed up for more than ten years. The humeral component was cementless and the all-polyethylene ulnar component cemented in every patient. Clinical outcome was assessed using the Mayo elbow performance score. We calculated the revision rate and evaluated potential risk factors for revision. The duration of follow-up was a mean 141 months (120 to 203).