Upper Limb Approaches
A 72-year-old woman sustains a displaced intra-articular distal humerus fracture (AO type C3) after a fall. The surgeon plans open reduction internal fixation through a posterior approach. During preoperative planning, the team discusses the options for managing the triceps mechanism to access the distal humeral articular surface. Regarding posterior approaches to the elbow:
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The posterior midline incision should curve around the tip of the olecranon (either medially or late...
Options for managing the triceps mechanism include: triceps splitting, triceps reflecting (Bryan-Mor...
The olecranon osteotomy provides the poorest visualization of the distal humeral articular surface; ...
The olecranon osteotomy provides the best visualization of the distal humeral articular surface; the...
Complications of olecranon osteotomy include nonunion (5-10%), symptomatic hardware requiring remova...
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