000167958 001__ 167958 000167958 005__ 20260123143856.0 000167958 0248_ $$2sideral$$a147564 000167958 037__ $$aART-2018-147564 000167958 041__ $$aeng 000167958 100__ $$aMuñoz-Mahamud E. 000167958 245__ $$aLong-term functional outcomes of the terrible triad of the elbow 000167958 260__ $$c2018 000167958 5060_ $$aAccess copy available to the general public$$fUnrestricted 000167958 5203_ $$aIntroduction: The published literature regarding the terrible triad of the elbow has historically shown a high rate of unacceptable outcomes. The objective of the present study was to evaluate the long-term functional outcomes and repercussions in patients who suffered the terrible triad of the elbow. Material and methods: A retrospective analysis of a prospectively-recruited consecutive series of cases registered from August 2005 to August 2009, involving 27 patients from which 16 complied with inclusion criteria for the study. The mean follow-up period was 8.6 years (range: 6.9 to 10.6). Two different final quality of life evaluation questionnaires were performed by telephone: the EuroQol Five Dimensions Questionnaire (EQ-5D) and the patient answered questionnaire portion of the Liverpool Elbow Score (PAQ-LES). Results: Fifteen (93.7%) patients were intervened surgically whereas only 1 case was treated conservatively. EQ-5D-rated outcome averaged 0.87 (range: 0.36 to 1) and the PAQ-LES averaged 33.5 (range: 17 to 36). Five (31.2%) presented pain or discomfort, 4 (25.0%) had some kind of difficulties in their daily activity and 3 (18.7%) founded some limitations with their personal hygiene. Only 6 cases (37.5%) declared to be fully asymptomatic. Conclusion: The terrible triad of the elbow remains a challenging injury that entails the presence of chronic pain and discomfort in almost one third of the cases at a long-term follow-up. 000167958 540__ $$9info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess$$aby-nc$$uhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/deed.es 000167958 655_4 $$ainfo:eu-repo/semantics/article$$vinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 000167958 700__ $$aEstrada, J A 000167958 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0003-1114-4045$$aBallesteros, JR 000167958 700__ $$aCombalia, A 000167958 700__ $$aFernández-Valencia, JA. 000167958 773__ $$g5, 1 (2018), 8-13$$pInt. j. adv. jt. reconstr.$$tInternational journal of advanced joint reconstruction$$x2385-7900 000167958 8564_ $$s926095$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/167958/files/texto_completo.pdf$$yVersión publicada 000167958 8564_ $$s2252064$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/167958/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon$$xicon$$yVersión publicada 000167958 909CO $$ooai:zaguan.unizar.es:167958$$particulos$$pdriver 000167958 951__ $$a2026-01-23-14:37:12 000167958 980__ $$aARTICLE