Arthroplasty
Indications
RA
- very good results
- 97% 10 year survival Coonrad-Morrey prosthesis
Other Dx
- OA / post-traumatic arthritis / nonunion
- tend to have worse survival than RA
Haemophilia
- elbow joint commonly involved
- 90% of haemophiliacs
Acute unreconstructable fracture > 60