Gallery of Orthopedic Medical Devices - Joint Arthroplasty continued
By Tim B. Hunter, MD and Mihra S. Taljanovic, MD, PhD
Gallery of Joint Arthroplasty Devices
- Elbow and Forearm
Distal radioulnar joint hemiarthroplasty
Distal ulna and distal radioulnar joint reconstruction with Rush rod and methylmethacrylate
66 year-old man who fell from ladder with multiple injuries to the left elbow, left forearm, and left wrist. A distal radioulnar hemiarthroplasty restores the ulnar aspect of the left wrist joint. There are fracture fixation plates in the radial and ulnar shafts. A variable pitch headless screw stabilizes a scaphoid fracture.
66 year-old woman with distal ulnar resection for treatment of a leiomyosarcoma.
Olecranon plate and screws plus unipolar radial head prosthesis
35 year-old man who fell and sustained comminuted olecranon and radial head fractures. He was treated with olecranon plate and screws as well as a unipolar radial head prosthesis. Courtesy Lana Hirai Gimber, MD, MPH
Bipolar radial head prosthesis
Nexel Total Elbow Prosthesis
57 year-old woman who sustained left radial head and neck fractures eventually treated by a bipolar radial head prosthesis.
74 year-old woman with severe comminuted right radial head fracture treated by removal of the radial head and placement of a radiocapitellar arthroplasty.
