[Kudo non-constrained elbow prosthesis for inflammatory and hemophilic joint disease: analysis in 30 cases].

Purpose Of The Study: We analyzed retrospectively 30 Kudo non-constrained elbow prostheses to determine: 1) functional outcome and mobility, 2) frequency of loosening and any complications.

Material And Methods: From 1992 to 1998, 30 Kudo total elbow arthroplasties were performed in 29 patients, mean age 55 years. Mean follow-up was 36 months.

[Stability of the forearm after resection of the distal ulna and proximal radius in rheumatoid arthritis: report of 11 cases].

Combined resection of radial head and distal ulna could jeopardize the stability and kinematics of the forearm bones. The goals of this retrospective study was to investigate these data after resection of distal ulna and proximal radius in rheumatoid arthritis. Between 1990 and 1998, eleven patients had these bone resections combined with implantation of elbow prostheses (eight Kudo and three GSB III).

Effect of the Steindler procedure on the median nerve branches to the medial epicondylar muscles.

Usually the median nerve gives off six branches to the muscles arising from the medial epicondyle, which could be tightened during Steindler's procedure. We studied these branches before and after Steindler's procedure in 20 fresh cadavers and observed a considerable variation in the origin of the branches. The muscular branches arising from the median nerve did not seem to limit the mobilization of the medial epicondyle when performing Steindler's transfer.

[Treatment of humeral fractures by Marchetti nailing. Apropos of 45 cases].

Between 1995 and 1997 we implanted 45 Marchetti nails. These nails were implanted for traumatic fractures in 39 patients, but also for pathologic fractures in 5 patients. Among these 39 patients, 7 were lost of view, the average age was 60 years.

Innervation of the medial epicondylar muscles: an anatomic study in 50 cases.

The median nerve is classically distributed to the medial epicondylar muscles by two branches (superior and inferior) for the pronator teres muscle, a common trunk for the flexor carpi radialis and palmaris longus muscles, and a branch for the flexor digitorum superficialis muscle. The 50 dissections were made by two workers on 30 upper limbs of formalized cadavers and 20 limbs from fresh-frozen cadavers. The innervation of the pronator teres m.