This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Letters to the Editor: Submit a response
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me when Letters to the Editor are posted
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow E-mail this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My File Cabinet
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowReprints and Permissions
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Macko, D.
Right arrow Articles by Szabo, R. M.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Macko, D.
Right arrow Articles by Szabo, R. M.
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us   Add to Technorati  
What's this?

The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Vol 67, Issue 9 1396-1401, Copyright © 1985 by Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc

JOURNAL CONTENTS

Complications of tension-band wiring of olecranon fractures

D Macko and RM Szabo

We encountered a high incidence of complications related to the technique of tension-band wire fixation of displaced fractures of the olecranon in a five-year retrospective study of twenty patients (twenty fractures). All had been treated with primary open reduction using the AO technique of tension-band wiring. Twenty patients were followed at least to union as determined radiographically. The most frequent complication was symptomatic prominence of the Kirschner wires at the elbow in sixteen patients. There was skin breakdown in four patients, and infection developed in one. Measurable proximal migration of the Kirschner wires, however, occurred in only three patients. Prominence of the Kirschner wires usually was due to improper seating at the time of surgery (twelve of sixteen patients). Most complications that are related to this method of fixation may be avoided by careful attention to surgical technique.
Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us   Add to Technorati Technorati    What's this?


This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 JBJSHome page
F. Matthews, O. Trentz, A. L. Jacob, R. Kikinis, J. B. Jupiter, and P. Messmer
Protrusion of Hardware Impairs Forearm Rotation After Olecranon Fixation. A Report of Two Cases
J. Bone Joint Surg. Am., March 1, 2007; 89(3): 638 - 642.
[Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 JBJSHome page
D. T. Hutchinson, D. S. Horwitz, G. Ha, C. W. Thomas, and K. N. Bachus
Cyclic Loading of Olecranon Fracture Fixation Constructs
J. Bone Joint Surg. Am., May 1, 2003; 85(5): 831 - 837.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 JBJSHome page
M. D. McKee, T. L. Wilson, L. Winston, E. H. Schemitsch, and R. R. Richards
Functional Outcome Following Surgical Treatment of Intra-Articular Distal Humeral Fractures Through a Posterior Approach
J. Bone Joint Surg. Am., December 1, 2000; 82(12): 1701 - 1701.
[Abstract] [Full Text]

Home page
 J Am Acad Orthop SurgHome page
D. J. Hak and G. J. Golladay
Olecranon Fractures: Treatment Options
J. Am. Acad. Ortho. Surg., July 1, 2000; 8(4): 266 - 275.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]