Displaced olecranon fractures in the elderly: outcomes after non-operative treatment – a narrative review

Operative treatment with tension band wiring or plate is the gold standard of care for displaced olecranon fractures. In elderly patients, multiple comorbidities combine with increased intraoperative risks, and postoperative complications may yield poor results. There are small series in the literat...

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Autores principales: Savvidou, Olga D., Koutsouradis, Panagiotis, Kaspiris, Angelos, Naar, Leon, Chloros, George D., Papagelopoulos, Panayiotis J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: British Editorial Society of Bone and Joint Surgery 2020
Materias:
Shoulder & Elbow
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7407865/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32818066
http://dx.doi.org/10.1302/2058-5241.5.190041
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author Savvidou, Olga D.
Koutsouradis, Panagiotis
Kaspiris, Angelos
Naar, Leon
Chloros, George D.
Papagelopoulos, Panayiotis J.
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description Operative treatment with tension band wiring or plate is the gold standard of care for displaced olecranon fractures. In elderly patients, multiple comorbidities combine with increased intraoperative risks, and postoperative complications may yield poor results. There are small series in the literature that show promising results with non-operative treatment. Non-operative treatment may provide reasonable function and satisfaction in the elderly population and could be considered as a treatment option in this group, especially for those with comorbidities, to avoid postoperative complications and the need for re-operation. Cite this article: EFORT Open Rev 2020;5:391-397. DOI: 10.1302/2058-5241.5.190041
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spelling pubmed-74078652020-08-17 Displaced olecranon fractures in the elderly: outcomes after non-operative treatment – a narrative review Savvidou, Olga D. Koutsouradis, Panagiotis Kaspiris, Angelos Naar, Leon Chloros, George D. Papagelopoulos, Panayiotis J. EFORT Open Rev Shoulder & Elbow Operative treatment with tension band wiring or plate is the gold standard of care for displaced olecranon fractures. In elderly patients, multiple comorbidities combine with increased intraoperative risks, and postoperative complications may yield poor results. There are small series in the literature that show promising results with non-operative treatment. Non-operative treatment may provide reasonable function and satisfaction in the elderly population and could be considered as a treatment option in this group, especially for those with comorbidities, to avoid postoperative complications and the need for re-operation. Cite this article: EFORT Open Rev 2020;5:391-397. DOI: 10.1302/2058-5241.5.190041 British Editorial Society of Bone and Joint Surgery 2020-08-01 /pmc/articles/PMC7407865/ /pubmed/32818066 http://dx.doi.org/10.1302/2058-5241.5.190041 Text en © 2020 The author(s) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed.
spellingShingle Shoulder & Elbow
Savvidou, Olga D.
Koutsouradis, Panagiotis
Kaspiris, Angelos
Naar, Leon
Chloros, George D.
Papagelopoulos, Panayiotis J.
Displaced olecranon fractures in the elderly: outcomes after non-operative treatment – a narrative review
title Displaced olecranon fractures in the elderly: outcomes after non-operative treatment – a narrative review
title_full Displaced olecranon fractures in the elderly: outcomes after non-operative treatment – a narrative review
title_fullStr Displaced olecranon fractures in the elderly: outcomes after non-operative treatment – a narrative review
title_full_unstemmed Displaced olecranon fractures in the elderly: outcomes after non-operative treatment – a narrative review
title_short Displaced olecranon fractures in the elderly: outcomes after non-operative treatment – a narrative review
title_sort displaced olecranon fractures in the elderly: outcomes after non-operative treatment – a narrative review
topic Shoulder & Elbow
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7407865/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32818066
http://dx.doi.org/10.1302/2058-5241.5.190041
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