The Discovery™ Elbow Multi-Center Prospective Study (5-year Study) patients will be consented at the two year or next scheduled follow-up period for the early-enrolled patients.
Eligibility: Patient(s) must be enrolled in the Discovery Multi-Center Prospective Study. The patient must consent to participation in the Discovery Long-term Survivorship Study. In order to continue to follow the multi-center subjects long-term Biomet would like to extend the follow-up to include annual follow-ups from 10 to 15 years to document long-term survivorship. The annual follow-up will be obtained by sending annual questionnaire directly to the patients by mail. The Patient ASES questionnaire and survivorship data questions will be collected.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
29
patient participating in the Discovery Elbow Multi-center study
Florida Orthopedic Institute
Tampa, Florida, United States
The Indiana Hand to Shoulder Center
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Vanderbilt Hand Center
Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Patient Derived American Shoulder and Elbow Society (ASES) Pain Score
This is the patient's perception of pain related to the operative elbow. Maximum pain score = 50 (worst) Minimum pain score = 0 (best)
Time frame: 10 Years Post-op
Patient Derived American Shoulder and Elbow Society (ASES) Function
This is the patient's perception of function. The maximum score is 36 and the minimum score is 0. The maximum score represents maximum function.
Time frame: 10 Years Post-op
Patient Derived American Shoulder and Elbow Society (ASES) Satisfaction
This is the patient's perception of satisfaction with the elbow replacement surgery. Maximum Score = 10 Minimum Score = 0 Maximum Score represents maximum satisfaction.
Time frame: 10 Years Post-op
Survivorship Will be Measured by the Incidence of Revision or Removals
The consented Patient will answer specific questions about their elbow replacement such as; if the elbow replacement has been removed
Time frame: 10 years Post-op
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