This study will be an observational study involving patients from Wrightington hospital who underwent implantation of a Latitude elbow prosthesis a minimum of 2 years ago.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
27
Wrightington, Wigan & Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Wigan, United Kingdom
Implant survival at 2 years post-surgery using a Kaplan-Meier estimate.
standard statistical methods of Kaplan-Meier
Time frame: survival after surgical intervention
Oxford Shoulder Score
The Oxford Elbow Score has 12 items (questions) with 5 response options each. Each item response is scored 0 to 4, with 0 representing greater severity.
Time frame: a single time point at 2 years or more after surgical intervention
ELBEX
a pain section, which uses three 0-10 visual analogue scale scores to record the worst pain experienced from the elbow. also contains a function section, which lists 10 activities of daily living and asks the participant to rate the level of difficulty they experience with that activity using a series of 0-10 scales)
Time frame: a single time point at 2 years or more after surgical intervention
Quick DASH
QuickDASH only contains 11 items. It is a questionnaire that measures an individual's ability to complete tasks, absorb forces, and severity of symptoms
Time frame: a single time point at 2 years or more after surgical intervention
ASES
divided into three sections: pain, function and satisfaction. The first section contains visual analogical scales (from 0 no pain to 10 worst pain ever) for pain evaluation. The second section contains questions relating to the function of the upper limbs
Time frame: a single time point at 2 years or more after surgical intervention
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