Elbow Trauma
A 55-year-old man falls directly onto his elbow and presents with posterior elbow pain and swelling. He cannot extend his elbow against gravity. Radiographs show a transverse fracture through the olecranon with 8mm displacement. There is no associated coronoid or radial head fracture. Regarding olecranon fractures:
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Olecranon fractures account for 10% of upper extremity fractures; they occur by direct trauma (fall ...
The Mayo classification considers fracture displacement, stability, and comminution: Type I (non-dis...
Olecranon fractures are rare; they result only from indirect mechanism; the biceps inserts on the ol...
Surgical options include: tension-band wiring (TBW) for simple transverse fractures (converts tensil...
Tension-band wiring uses the principle that the triceps pull creates tensile forces posteriorly whic...
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