@inbook{3b440e228d8e4e4db28be090af3dfa11,
title = "Distal Humeral Fractures: Hemiarthroplasty",
abstract = "With the aging demographic in developed nations, the number of distal humerus fractures and the requirement for elbow arthroplasty procedures for trauma are increasing. However, the numbers still remain low. Total elbow arthroplasty can produce satisfactory outcomes for after trauma, and the outcomes maybe superior to osteosynthesis in the older population. However, the potential complications of arthroplasty include aseptic loosening, osteolysis, and polyethylene wear. Distal humeral arthroplasty for treatment for unreconstructable acute distal humeral fractures is an alternative solution. The purpose of this chapter is to describe the surgical technique for hemiarthroplasty in comminuted intra-articular distal humerus fractures.",
keywords = "Distal, Elbow arthroplasty, Elbow replacement, Hemiarthroplasty, Humeral fracture, Supracondylar elbow fractures, Trauma",
author = "Ricks, {Matthew Richard} and Andrew Keightley and Watts, {Adam Charles}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2015, 2022.",
year = "2021",
month = nov,
day = "17",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-030-78881-0_72",
language = "English",
isbn = "9783030788803",
series = "Wrist and Elbow Arthroscopy with Selected Open Procedures: A Practical Surgical Guide to Techniques, Third Edition",
publisher = "Springer International Publishing Switzerland",
pages = "827--833",
booktitle = "Wrist and Elbow Arthroscopy with Selected Open Procedures",
}