Atlas of Upper Extremity Trauma by W. Andrew Eglseder

Author:W. Andrew Eglseder
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Springer International Publishing, Cham

16.1 Fixation Options for Olecranon Fractures

What is the infatuation with plate fixation for olecranon fractures? Why the desire to use a device both expensive and bulky, which tends to displace fractures because of its nonanatomic design? This choice is intriguing to me, when other options are available (Figs. 16.1, 16.2, 16.3, 16.4, 16.5, and 16.6).

Fig. 16.1(a–c) Radiographs of left elbow following open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF) of olecranon process fracture with proximal ulna plate coursing laterally

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