TABLE II.
Total Elbow Arthroplasty Failures*
| Failure Description | No. of Failures |
| Mechanical failure with revision surgical procedure | |
| Bushing exchange | 25 |
| Humeral component | |
| Aseptic loosening | 5 |
| Aseptic loosening and periprosthetic fracture | 4 |
| Component fracture | 3 |
| Aseptic loosening, component fracture, and periprosthetic fracture | 1 |
| Aseptic loosening and component fracture | 1 |
| Ulnar component | |
| Aseptic loosening | 20 |
| Aseptic loosening and periprosthetic fracture | 12 |
| Component fracture | 9 |
| Aseptic loosening, component fracture, and periprosthetic fracture | 5 |
| Aseptic loosening and component fracture | 4 |
| Malposition | 1 |
| Humeral and ulnar components | |
| Humeral and ulnar aseptic loosening | 3 |
| Humeral and ulnar aseptic loosening and ulnar periprosthetic fracture | 1 |
| Humeral and ulnar aseptic loosening and humeral periprosthetic fracture | 1 |
| Humeral and ulnar aseptic loosening and periprosthetic fracture | 1 |
| Ulnar aseptic loosening and humeral component fracture | 1 |
| Humeral and ulnar component fracture | 1 |
| Deep infection with revision surgical procedure | |
| Humeral and ulnar components (resection arthroplasty) | 18 |
| Humeral component | 1 |
| Ulnar component | 1 |
| Total no. of revision surgical procedures | 118 |
*
There were another five total elbow arthroplasties that showed mechanical failure on radiographs, but the patients who underwent these arthroplasties did not undergo revision surgery. With regard to mechanical failures, three elbows had ulnar component aseptic loosening, one elbow had ulnar component fracture, and one elbow had ulnar component aseptic loosening and component fracture.