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A Novel Positioning Technique for Olecranon Fracture Fixation

Various positioning techniques have been described for the osteosynthesis of olecranon fractures, each with their own pros and cons. The supine position is time-efficient and better suited in a polytrauma setting but frequently requires an assistant to maintain optimal limb positioning. Also, adequa...

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Autores principales: Metikala, Sreenivasulu, Anibas, Jakob J, Price, Ryan, Cheppalli, Naga
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10230847/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37266056
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.38338
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author Metikala, Sreenivasulu
Anibas, Jakob J
Price, Ryan
Cheppalli, Naga
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description Various positioning techniques have been described for the osteosynthesis of olecranon fractures, each with their own pros and cons. The supine position is time-efficient and better suited in a polytrauma setting but frequently requires an assistant to maintain optimal limb positioning. Also, adequate fluoroscopic imaging is not possible without moving the operative extremity outside the sterile field. We describe a simple and reproducible method addressing these limitations while providing excellent surgical access and intraoperative imaging.
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spelling pubmed-102308472023-06-01 A Novel Positioning Technique for Olecranon Fracture Fixation Metikala, Sreenivasulu Anibas, Jakob J Price, Ryan Cheppalli, Naga Cureus Orthopedics Various positioning techniques have been described for the osteosynthesis of olecranon fractures, each with their own pros and cons. The supine position is time-efficient and better suited in a polytrauma setting but frequently requires an assistant to maintain optimal limb positioning. Also, adequate fluoroscopic imaging is not possible without moving the operative extremity outside the sterile field. We describe a simple and reproducible method addressing these limitations while providing excellent surgical access and intraoperative imaging. Cureus 2023-04-30 /pmc/articles/PMC10230847/ /pubmed/37266056 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.38338 Text en Copyright © 2023, Metikala et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Metikala, Sreenivasulu
Anibas, Jakob J
Price, Ryan
Cheppalli, Naga
A Novel Positioning Technique for Olecranon Fracture Fixation
title A Novel Positioning Technique for Olecranon Fracture Fixation
title_full A Novel Positioning Technique for Olecranon Fracture Fixation
title_fullStr A Novel Positioning Technique for Olecranon Fracture Fixation
title_full_unstemmed A Novel Positioning Technique for Olecranon Fracture Fixation
title_short A Novel Positioning Technique for Olecranon Fracture Fixation
title_sort novel positioning technique for olecranon fracture fixation
topic Orthopedics
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10230847/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37266056
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.38338
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