[Elbow reconstruction with massive total osteoarticular allograft: early failure due to instability].
(2004) Revue de Chirurgie Orthopedique et Reparatrice de l’Appareil Moteur —
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- Total elbow allografts were implanted for the treatment of trauma-induced bone defects in three patients between 1986 and 1990. Six allografts were implanted and finally explanted. The longest follow-up for an implanted allograft was five years. Allografts had to be removed because of nonunion in one patient and gross instability in the others. A constrained elbow prosthesis was implanted in all three patients. This short series illustrates mid-term failure to be expected with total elbow allografts, mainly due to instability. Accordingly, we no longer recommend the use of total elbow allografts alone as a salvage procedure for bony defects. If an allograft is needed, it should be implanted with a prosthesis.
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Delloye, C., Cornu, O., Dubuc, J.-E., Vincent, A., & Barbier, O. (2004). [Elbow reconstruction with massive total osteoarticular allograft: early failure due to instability]. Revue de Chirurgie Orthopedique et Reparatrice de l’Appareil Moteur. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/189212