Experience with the McAtee olecranon device in olecranon fractures.
Treatment of olecranon fractures by prolonged immobilization often results in limited elbow motion. With the use of a compression screw apparatus, anatomical reduction was obtainable, and only a short period of immobilization was needed. In a series of eleven fractures there were no non-unions and an average decrease in elbow range of motion of only 8 degrees.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004550:Elbow / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009984:Orthopedic Fixation Devices; D011859:Radiography; D014458:Ulna Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D000092464:Elbow Injuries