AIM: The purpose of this paper was to review the literature on the treatment of @entity7334 of the distal humerus in the elderly in order to evaluate the place for total elbow replacement (TER) in the light of our experience over the past 15 years. METHODS: A review of the records of 11 consecutive @entity1 over the age of 60 years who underwent primary TER for comminuted @entity174 of the distal humerus between 1997 and 2011 were reviewed and the surviving @entity1 were interviewed. The Scopus database was used to perform a pragmatic review of the literature published between the mid-1990s and the present-day. RESULTS: At the time of the most recent follow-up 3.5 years following surgery (range: 2-6 years) 7 @entity1 assessed with the Mayo elbow performance index were classified as excellent, 4 were classified as good. There were no complications requiring further procedures encountered. Five surviving @entity1 remain satisfied with the function of their TER. The number of papers recommending TER for treatment of these @entity174 continues to increase with time. CONCLUSIONS: TER is now the treatment of choice for unreconstructable @entity174 of the distal humerus in the elderly. This option should therefore be available at the time of surgery for all @entity174 in this @entity1 population. A surgical approach other than olecranon osteotomy, which would preclude TER is therefore required.

Total elbow joint replacement for XXXX in the elderly-Functional and radiological outcomes.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'patient'] @entity174 :: ('MESH:D050723', 'Disease') :: ['fractures', 'distal humeral fractures'] @entity7334 :: ('MESH:D057072', 'Disease') :: ['intra-articular fractures']
@entity174 :: (MESH:D050723,Disease) :: ['fractures']
