Kauvery Hospital, Salem Performs Total Elbow Replacement with Specialised Oncology-Grade Prosthesis
Mar 30, 2026
Salem (Tamil Nadu) [India], March 30: Kauvery Hospital, Salem, successfully performed a complex total elbow replacement on a 60-year-old woman's left arm, using a specialised prosthesis typically reserved for joint reconstruction after tumour resection. The customised implant was chosen because conventional elbow prostheses were unsuitable due to significant bone loss and global instability of the joint, a condition in which the elbow joint is unstable in multiple directions.