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The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery British Volume
Vol. 66-B, Issue 1 | Pages 109 - 113
1 Jan 1984
Rymaszewski L Mackay I Amis A Miller J

The effects of synovectomy and excision of the radial head in 40 elbows affected by rheumatoid arthritis have been assessed. In contrast with many reports indicating minimal side-effects of this procedure, a common pattern of deterioration from what was often a satisfactory initial result has been demonstrated. A biomechanical theory of one of the factors responsible for failure has been put forward and the importance of conserving or replacing the radial head emphasised.


The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery British Volume
Vol. 61-B, Issue 4 | Pages 494 - 497
1 Nov 1979
Mackay I Fitzgerald B Miller J

Eighteen patients with marginal depressed or comminuted fractures of the head of the radius, nine of whom had an associated posterior dislocation of the elbow, had a Silastic replacement carried out shortly after injury. After an average follow-up of twenty-six months satisfactory clinical results were observed in seventeen cases; three prostheses broke. The prosthesis has been particularly effective in the group with an associated posterior dislocation of the elbow.