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Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 4 Radiological results

From: Pyrocarbon arthroplasty in acute unreconstructable radial head fractures: mid-term to long term results

Case

Radial neck resorption

Radiolucent lines

Press-fit loss

Stem breakage

Degenerative changes

Classification

Grade

Zone

Grade

Classification

Medial spur

Capitellum changes

1

1

Mild

  

No

 

2

Yes

Yes

2

2B

Mild

  

No

 

0

No

None

3

2B

Mild

2, 6

Mild

No

 

0

No

None

4

2B

Severe

  

No

 

1

Yes

Yes

5

2B

Moderate

  

No

 

2

Yes

Yes

6

0

None

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

Mild

Yes

 

2

Yes

Yes

7

0

None

  

No

 

1

Yes

Yes

8

2B

Moderate

  

No

 

2

Yes

Yes

9

0

None

  

No

 

1

Yes

Yes

10

2B

Moderate

  

No

 

0

No

Yes

11

0

None

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

Mild

Yes

Stem leg

2

No

Yes

12

2A

Mild

1, 7

Mild

No

Proximal stem

2

No

Yes

13

2B

Mild

2, 6

Mild

No

 

1

Yes

Yes

14

2B

Moderate

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

Severe

Yes

 

3

No

Yes

15

0

None

  

No

 

2

Yes

Yes

16

2B

Mild

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

Severe

Yes

 

2

No

Yes

17

2B

Mild

  

No

 

1

No

Yes

18

2B

Moderate

  

No

 

2

Yes

yes