Total Elbow Arthroplasty in the Setting of an Olecranon Fracture

We present a surgical technique that can lead to a successful TEA and olecranon union in the setting of a comminuted distal humerus fracture combined with a displaced olecranon fracture. In this technique, the olecranon fragment was used to achieve superior surgical exposure for our TEA technique and allowed us to achieve good postoperative outcome. This has led us to be more willing to use an olecranon osteotomy for distal humeral fracture visualization in cases where a TEA may be needed.

Source: Techniques in Shoulder and Elbow Surgery - October 30, 2018 Category: Orthopaedics Tags: Techniques Source Type: research