DOI: 10.36347/sasjs.2020.v06i03.018

Pages: 160-163

Olecranon fractures are the most common fractures of the elbow. Their treatment is surgical each time there is a displacement, because only the osteosynthesis allows an anatomical reduction, a stable assembly and an early rehabilitation which is very important for the functional result. We reviewed a series of 98 cases of olecranon fractures, treated surgically in the traumatology and orthopedics II department of University Hospital Center HASSAN II Fez, between January 2009 and December 2019. The type of osteosynthesis was a Tension-band wire fixation in 93 cases, a screwed plate in 4 cases, and cortical screw in 1 case. The final results were satisfactory in 80% of the cases, the complications were dominated according to the functional classification of Mayo Clinic by the stiffness of the elbow (6.25%).