'The design concepts of Kudo Total Elbow Prosthesis, and some of the technical considerations for its use'

Total elbow prostheses which are now available in clinical use can generally be classified into two major categories ; one bing linked prostheses, another being unlinked prostheses. Of those two categories I am dealing here only with the problems of the unlinked type prosthesis, particularly with those of non-constrained, surface-replacement prostheses. Furthermore, my presentations this time may have to be narrowed down only to the topics regrading the particular features and some of the technical problems with Kudo Elbow Prosthesis, due to the time limit assigned for this presentation.