TABLE V.

Reoperations with No Prosthesis Exchange or Removal in Patients Who Had Primary Total Elbow Arthroplasty for RA^*

Description	No. of Total Elbow Arthroplasties
Irrigation and debridement	30
Skin flap coverage	6
Extensor mechanism repair	5
Ectopic bone and heterotopic ossification removal	2
Open reduction and internal fixation for a fracture
Ulna	2
Humerus	2
Hardware removal	6
Manipulation under anesthesia	2
Skin rheumatoid nodule removal	7
Bursitis	4
Synovectomy	1
Skin granuloma removal	1

^*Multiple reoperations with the same or different indications were performed in some elbows. Some reoperations were performed in elbows that eventually required additional surgery with implant exchange or removal.