We randomised 40 elderly patients of mean age 74 years with displaced three- or four-part fractures of the humerus to either conservative treatment or tension-band osteosynthesis. At one year and after three to five years, clinical follow-up showed no functional differences between the two groups of patients, with optimal function achieved within one year. There were major complications only in...

<p>Fracture of the acromion process is an uncommon injury. The most common mechanism injury direct trauma to acromion. Isolated fractures are rare as usually they associated with concomitant skeletal and soft tissue injuries shoulder. We present a case 45-year-old male type 3 fracture reduction subacromial space. Patient was managed surgically fixed using tension band wiring. followed up ...

BACKGROUND In order to improve initial operative treatment of complex olecranon fractures we searched for new determining details. We assumed that the intermediate fragment plays a decisive role for anatomic restoration of the trochlear notch and consecutive outcome of initial operative treatment. METHODS 80 patients operated with diagnosis of complex olecranon fracture were identified in an ...