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Abstract

Setting: In Civil Hospital and Bolan Medical College Complex HospitalQuetta. Period: From 1990 to 2003. Materials & Method: Eighty cases of old neglected elbow dislocation weretreated. by arthroplasty using fascia lata (Group A) and dacron meshwork ( group B). Forty cases were included ineach group. Results: Surgery was followed by physiotherapy. Patients were examined periodically upto six months.To evaluate the results three variables i.e range of motion, instability and pain were recorded for each patient for sixmonths. These were recorded before operation, at the time of review and points were awarded. Young patients anddislocated elbows of less duration gave better results. Prognosis in males (As compared to females) and right elbows(As compared to left) was better. Group A achieved better results than group B. Conclusions: Results of both theinterposing materials are encouraging. Fascia lata gave better results than dacron meshwork