Treatment of a Transolecranon Fracture with Acute Osteochondral Bone Loss using Autologous Tricortical Bone Graft - A Case Report

*Dias Carlos Maia, Moita Miguel Brites, Branco Pedro Martins, Martinho Goncalo, Oliveira Manuel Augusto and Silva Antonio Julio
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Silva Antonio Julio: Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, CUF Santarem Hospital Santarem, Portugal

Orthopedics and Rheumatology Open Access Journals, 2017, vol. 5, issue 1, 33-38

Abstract: Transolecranon fractures are complex fractures of the elbow that require adequate stabilization of the fracture fragments and greater sigmoid notch restoration in order to achieve good clinical outcomes. In case of articular osteochondral bone loss there is an increased risk of osteoarthritis and fracture non union which make this goal dif1icult to achieve with simple osteosynthesis. The authors describe the use of an Autologous tricortical pelvic bone graft to address the intra articular bone loss, describing the surgical Technique and showing the end result at 3 years post op.

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DOI: 10.19080/OROAJ.2017.05.555658

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