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@entity1 @entity260 @entity174 @entity2701
Twenty-eight @entity1 averaging 36.4 years of age underwent open reduction and internal fixation of olecranon @entity174 . The AO cancellous screw was used alone in 16 and with @entity2701 banding in 12. Banding was used when the bone was soft or severely comminuted. The @entity174 were clinically healed at an average of nine weeks and roentgenographic healing with obliteration of the @entity174 line occurred at 13 weeks. Sixty-seven percent acquired full motion by the ninth postoperative week. All but two @entity1 regained full supination and pronation. No @entity1 lost greater than 30 degrees of extension and only two lost greater than 30 degrees of flexion. There were few operative @entity260 . We found the AO cancellous screw alone and in severely comminuted cases in combination with @entity2701 band wiring to be an excellent fixation device for olecranon @entity174 . It allows for early range of motion in young @entity1 with excellent healing prospects by 16 weeks.
