title: Preoperative computer-assisted design templating of complex articular olecranon osteotomy: case report.
abstract: Preoperative 3-dimensional modeling methods are commonly used in orthopedic surgery but there have been limited reports of their use for planning upper extremity surgery. In this report, we describe a case of a malunited olecranon fracture and its management using custom preoperative computed tomographic templating and mechanical modeling. One year after surgery, the patient demonstrated nearly full painless restoration of function and motion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hospital for Special Surgery andthe Weill Medical Collegeof Cornell University,NewYork, NY 10021, USA. gargr@hss.edu
authors.forename: Rohit
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Garg
authors.forename: Sommer
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hammoud
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lipman
authors.forename: Scott W
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Wolfe
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D005260:Female; D018460:Fractures, Comminuted / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D017759:Fractures, Malunited / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D056740:Olecranon Process / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D010027:Osteotomy / Q000379:methods*; D011859:Radiography; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures; D014458:Ulna Fractures / Q000601:surgery*