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. 2021 Mar 2;14(2):200–210. doi: 10.1177/1758573221994860

Table 2.

Outcomes following olecranon fracture treatment in all study patients.

n (%)
n 176
Fixation failure (%)
 No 151 (85.8)
 Yes 25 (14.2)
Loss of reduction only (%)
 No 175 (99.4)
 Yes 1 (0.6)
Non-operative management (%) 1 (0.6)
Surgical management (%) 0 (0.0)
Metalwork loosening only (%)
 No 154 (87.5)
 Yes 22 (12.5)
Non-operative management (%) 0 (0.0)
Surgical management (%) 22 (12.5)
Both loss of reduction and metalwork loosening (%)
 No 174 (98.9)
 Yes 2 (1.1)
Non-operative management (%) 0 (0.0)
Surgical management (%) 2 (1.1)
Other complication (%)
 No 158 (89.8)
 Yes 14 (8.0)
 Unknown 4 (2.3)
Other complication details (%)
 Conversion to ORIF 1 (0.6)
 SSI 3 (1.7)
 Periprosthetic fracture 1 (0.6)
 Wound dehiscence 1 (0.6)
 Unknown 2 (1.1)
 No 170 (96.6)