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Olecranon Fracture in an Older Adult Treated With Locking Plate Osteosynthesis
Although olecranon fractures are not uncommon in the geriatric population, there has been a considerable difference of opinion between surgical and nonsurgical treatments. Surgical treatment is usually deferred in the elderly, even for displaced olecranon fractures, because of inherent risks associa...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8592798/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34804691 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.18836 |
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author | Metikala, Sreenivasulu Poulos, Nicholas G Hasan, Khalid Vallem, Madana Mohana R |
author_facet | Metikala, Sreenivasulu Poulos, Nicholas G Hasan, Khalid Vallem, Madana Mohana R |
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description | Although olecranon fractures are not uncommon in the geriatric population, there has been a considerable difference of opinion between surgical and nonsurgical treatments. Surgical treatment is usually deferred in the elderly, even for displaced olecranon fractures, because of inherent risks associated with poor bone quality and soft tissues, which often necessitate further surgeries. However, nonoperative treatment frequently results in an inability to regain full extension strength of the elbow, which can be disabling in select older adults with higher functional demands. We present an active older adult with a displaced olecranon fracture, who achieved a satisfactory result after open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF) using a low-profile locking plate. |
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spelling | pubmed-85927982021-11-19 Olecranon Fracture in an Older Adult Treated With Locking Plate Osteosynthesis Metikala, Sreenivasulu Poulos, Nicholas G Hasan, Khalid Vallem, Madana Mohana R Cureus Orthopedics Although olecranon fractures are not uncommon in the geriatric population, there has been a considerable difference of opinion between surgical and nonsurgical treatments. Surgical treatment is usually deferred in the elderly, even for displaced olecranon fractures, because of inherent risks associated with poor bone quality and soft tissues, which often necessitate further surgeries. However, nonoperative treatment frequently results in an inability to regain full extension strength of the elbow, which can be disabling in select older adults with higher functional demands. We present an active older adult with a displaced olecranon fracture, who achieved a satisfactory result after open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF) using a low-profile locking plate. Cureus 2021-10-17 /pmc/articles/PMC8592798/ /pubmed/34804691 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.18836 Text en Copyright © 2021, 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. |
spellingShingle | Orthopedics Metikala, Sreenivasulu Poulos, Nicholas G Hasan, Khalid Vallem, Madana Mohana R Olecranon Fracture in an Older Adult Treated With Locking Plate Osteosynthesis |
title | Olecranon Fracture in an Older Adult Treated With Locking Plate Osteosynthesis |
title_full | Olecranon Fracture in an Older Adult Treated With Locking Plate Osteosynthesis |
title_fullStr | Olecranon Fracture in an Older Adult Treated With Locking Plate Osteosynthesis |
title_full_unstemmed | Olecranon Fracture in an Older Adult Treated With Locking Plate Osteosynthesis |
title_short | Olecranon Fracture in an Older Adult Treated With Locking Plate Osteosynthesis |
title_sort | olecranon fracture in an older adult treated with locking plate osteosynthesis |
topic | Orthopedics |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8592798/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34804691 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.18836 |
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