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DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1722574
Total Arthroplasty in Complex Elbow Injury
Article in several languages: português | EnglishFinancial Support The present research received no specific funding from public, commercial, or not-for-profit sector agencies.
Abstract
The authors present an atypical case of a left elbow complex fracture with extensive loss of bone and muscle tissue. The patient was submitted to several surgical procedures, which resulted in a total arthroplasty of the left elbow with triceps reconstruction using a semitendinosus muscle tendon graft.
Work developed at Hospital Felício Rocho, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
Publication History
Received: 06 July 2020
Accepted: 14 October 2020
Article published online:
31 March 2021
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