1992 Şubat -1996 Nisan tarihleri arasında Taksim Hastanesi Ortopedi ve Travmatoloji Kliniğinde 41 hastanın deplasmanlı olekranon kırığı tension band wiring (zuggurtung) tekniği ile tedavi edildi. Lezyon tipleri Colton'a göre sınıflandırılarak tedavi yöntemi ve sonuçları çeşitli parametrelere göre değerlendirildi. Bu parametrelerin ışığı altında her lezyon tipinde, hangi yöntemlerin başarılı olabilecekleri incelendi. Weseley'in kriterlerine göre 13 hastada (%31.7) çok iyi, 17 hastada (%41.46) iyi, 9 hastada orta (%21.95), 2 hastada da(%.4.89) kötü sonuç alındı.
Anahtar Kelimeler: OLEKRANON KIRIĞI, ZUGGURTUNG TEKNİĞİWe operated on 41 patients with deplaced olecranon fracture, between February 1992 and April 1996 by utilizing tension band wiring (zuggurtung) technique in department Of orthopedics and traumatology, Taksim State Hospital. Lesion types were classified according to Colton classification and treatment methods and results were evaluated with various parameters. Success of different method in treatment of each lesion was evaluated. The patients were evaluated using Weseley criteria and results were highly succesfull in 13 patients, succesfull in 17 patients, moderate in 9 patients and poor in 2 patients. Our data revealed that, in deplaced olecranon fracture, open reduction and internal fixation with zuggurtung technique should be the preferred method.
Keywords: OLECRANON FRACTURE, ZUGGURTUNG TECHNIQUE