Factors Associated With Reoperation After Fixation of Displaced Olecranon Fractures.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Surgery for fixation of olecranon fractures is associated with reoperation, mostly for implant removal. A study of a large cohort of patients treated by many different surgeons allows us to determine if specific techniques or implants are associated with a higher rate of reoperation.

Questions/purposes

After open reduction and internal fixation of isolated olecranon fractures, what factors are associated with (1) reoperation and (2) implant removal?

Methods

Three hundred ninety-two adult patients who had operative treatment of a displaced olecranon fracture not associated with other fractures, dislocation, or subluxation at two area hospitals between January 2002 and May 2014 were analyzed to determine factors associated with reoperation. One hundred thirty

SUBMITTER: Claessen FM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4686518 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature