Elbow Replacment operation

Dorothy2048

I have recntly had anappointment at UCH to disuss this.

I wonder how much it will help, the rehabilitation time seems very long.

Dorothy 2048

MaryL44

Hello @Dorothy2048 and welcome to the Community. We are a friendly and supportive group and I hope that will be your experience as well.

I don't have any personal experience of elbow replacement but I have found this on our website:

https://www.versusarthritis.org/about-arthritis/treatments/surgery/shoulder-and-elbow-replacement/

Also, our community members will have vast experience so keep checking back here for their responses.

Please keep posting now you are here and let us know how you are getting on.

Best wishes

Mary

Ellen

Hi @Dorothy2048

Have done a quick search for you for threads on the subject:

https://community.versusarthritis.org/search?domain=all_content&query=elbow%20replacement&scope=site&source=community

If you do decide to go ahead it would be really good to hear how you get on. This is a fairly rare operation here your experience would probably help others in future.

Best wishes

Ellen.

Dorothy2048

not yet decided whether to go aheadd with the operation

Dorothy 2048

Thank you Ellen Not yet decided and waiting for another appointment with the consultant. I am told that rehabitation can take many months, so a difficult decision as to whether to go ahead.

DaveT

Hi Dorothy

See my first post of 16th Jan 25 under Living With Arthritis, 'Giving it the Elbow'.

I obviously have a similar problem to you. Thought it was tennis elbow and for some time wore a strap on my arm which eased the problem, but did not go away. After some time, rheumatology appointments that were cancelled, and physio that was difficult to take, decided to seek private orthopaedic advice as NHS route was predicted to be long.

Advice was, as you have discovered, that complete replacement was a fairly rare operation, rehabilitation was long term and full pain free movement may not be restored. In my case it was suggested that Radial Head Excision may remove areas of the problem and still leave the option of full replacement. As you will see from my post, whilst the original painful area may have been reduced, I still get a painful reaction in the muscular inner forearm area when activating the arm, resulting in an ongoing disability and frustration. Loss of strength for pushing, pulling and gripping is a problem.

Hoping that neurology nerve conduction tests may throw something up. Hope this info may help in discussions with your specialist.

Dave T