Background: Controversy exists regarding the best technique for treating displaced transverse olecranon fractures with advocates three techniques: (1) intramedullary (IM) screw, (2) locking plate, and (3) tension band. Objectives: The aim of this study was to seek which method fixation fits according fracture type postoperative outcome. Two methods were used: K-wire band screw. Patients metho...

Background: The aim of this multicenter, retrospective, case-control series was to investigate patient- and treatment-specific factors associated with wound breakdown following olecranon fracture fixation. Methods: We identified patients at our two participating academic centers who were operatively treated for fractures those subsequently underwent a re-operation secondary postoperative breakd...

BackgroundOlecranon fractures are common and usually treated operatively either by tension band wiring (TBW) or plate fixation (PF). The aim of this study was to assess early complications reoperations their predictive factors related those operative methods.MethodsA retrospective analysis all patients with an olecranon fracture between 2007 2017 at Turku University hospital performed. Reoperat...

The IlluminOss® system (IS) uses a light-curable polymer contained within an inflatable balloon catheter, forming a patient customized intramedullary implant. A registry was established in Germany and The Netherlands to prospectively collect technical and clinical outcomes in patients treated with IS for fractures of the phalange, metacarpal, radius, ulna, distal radius, fibula, clavicle and/or...