Long-term Prognosis of Chromicized Fascial Arthroplasty of The Elbow

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The authors have evaluated the late results in 22 patients on whom arthroplasty of the elbow using the J-K Membrane had been performed during the year 1950 to 1969.An average of 14 years following operation, these patients had an average range of motion of 53 degrees with good stability and muscle strength. The end results among the group of patients whose ankylosis followed an infective arthritis were inferior to those among the group in rhematoid arthritis and trauma. Excellent results have been obtained among the patients who had undergone arthroplasty within a few years after the onset of ankylosis.The functional results, with few exceptions, showed little change after the first year following operation. Roentgenographycally, there was hypertrophy of the coronoid process in many instances.
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