167958 20260123143856.0 sideral 147564 ART-2018-147564 eng Muñoz-Mahamud E. Long-term functional outcomes of the terrible triad of the elbow 2018 Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted Introduction: 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. info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess by-nc https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/deed.es info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Estrada, J A Ballesteros, JR (orcid)0000-0003-1114-4045 Combalia, A Fernández-Valencia, JA. 5, 1 (2018), 8-13 Int. j. adv. jt. reconstr. International journal of advanced joint reconstruction 2385-7900 926095 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/167958/files/texto_completo.pdf Versión publicada 2252064 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/167958/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Versión publicada oai:zaguan.unizar.es:167958 articulos driver 2026-01-23-14:37:12 ARTICLE