Suture anchor fixation may be an alternative to tension band wiring in olecranon fractures: Finite element analysis

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KURU T., MUTLU İ.

JOINT DISEASES AND RELATED SURGERY, vol.31, no.2, pp.238-245, 2020 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 31 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2020
  • Doi Number: 10.5606/ehc.2020.73586
  • Journal Name: JOINT DISEASES AND RELATED SURGERY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.238-245
  • Keywords: Cancellous screws, finite element analysis, olecranon fractures, suture anchor, tension band wiring, BIOMECHANICAL ANALYSIS, MODEL
  • Kocaeli University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Objectives: This study aims to analyze and compare total deformations with tension band wiring (TBW), intramedullary screw (IS) and novel suture anchor (SA) fixation methods, and to investigate practicality of SA fixation in olecranon fractures using finite element analysis (FEA).