A survey of current practices and preferences for internal fixation of displaced olecranon fractures | Zendy

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A survey of current practices and preferences for internal fixation of displaced olecranon fractures

Author(s) -

Thomas J. Wood,

Katie Thomas,

Forough Farrokhyar,

Bill Ristevski,

Mohit Bhandari,

Bradley Petrisor

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

canadian journal of surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.609

H-Index - 64

eISSN - 1488-2310

pISSN - 0008-428X

DOI - 10.1503/cjs.014614

Subject(s) - medicine , olecranon , internal fixation , tension band wiring , confidence interval , surgery , fixation (population genetics) , elbow , population , environmental health

Olecranon fractures represent 10% of upper extremity fractures. There is a growing body of literature to support the use of plate fixation for displaced olecranon fractures. The purpose of this survey was to gauge Canadian surgeons' practices and preferences for internal fixation methods for displaced olecranon fractures.

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