Shortening osteotomy of the proximal radius — a treatment option for isolated osteoarthritis of the lateral column of the elbow joint?
- Treatment of posttraumatic osteoarthritis of the radial column of the elbow joint remains a challenging yet common issue. While partial joint replacement leads to high revision rates, radial head excision has shown to severely increase joint instability. Shortening osteotomy of the radius could be an option to decrease the contact pressure of the radiohumeral joint and thereby pain levels without causing valgus instability. Hence, the aim of this biomechanical study was to evaluate the effects of radial shortening on axial load distribution and valgus stability of the elbow joint.
| Author: | Michael Hackl, Stephanie Lucina KahmannORCiD, Kilian Wegmann, Christian Ries, Manfred StaatORCiD, Lars-Peter Müller |
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| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1007/s00167-016-4080-7 |
| ISSN: | 0942-2056 |
| Parent Title (English): | Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy |
| Publisher: | Springer |
| Place of publication: | Berlin |
| Document Type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Year of Completion: | 2016 |
| Date of the Publication (Server): | 2016/05/11 |
| Volume: | Volume 24 |
| Issue: | Supplement 1 |
| First Page: | 128 |
| Last Page: | 129 |
| Link: | http://doi.org/10.1007/s00167-016-4080-7 |
| Zugriffsart: | campus |
| Institutes: | FH Aachen / Fachbereich Medizintechnik und Technomathematik |
| FH Aachen / IfB - Institut für Bioengineering | |
| collections: | Verlag / Springer |
