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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Rev Bras Ortop (Sao Paulo) 2023; 58(05): e813-e817
DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1722574
Relato de Caso | Case Report
Ombro e Cotovelo

Total Arthroplasty in Complex Elbow Injury

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Ricardo Fernandes Rezende 
1   Médico ortopedista e traumatologista, Hospital Felício Rocho, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil
,
Marcela de Melo Gajo 
1   Médico ortopedista e traumatologista, Hospital Felício Rocho, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil
,
Sérgio Moreira da Costa 
1   Médico ortopedista e traumatologista, Hospital Felício Rocho, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil
,
Rafael Fuchs Lazarini 
1   Médico ortopedista e traumatologista, Hospital Felício Rocho, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil
,
Antonio Enéas Rangel de Carvalho Junior 
1   Médico ortopedista e traumatologista, Hospital Felício Rocho, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil
,
Ildeu Afonso de Almeida Filho 
1   Médico ortopedista e traumatologista, Hospital Felício Rocho, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil
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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.

Keywords

elbow joint - arthroplasty, replacement - elbow fractures - elbow prosthesis

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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