Treatment of AO Type C Fractures of the Distal Part of the Humerus through the Bryan-Morrey Triceps-Sparing Approach

Table 1

Reported complications related to the olecranon osteotomy approach for the treatment of distal humerus fractures AO type C.

Authors, year	𝑁	Nonunion or delayed union	Other complications
Athwal et al. 2009 [2]	17	1 olecranon nonunion	4 wound problems (2 dehiscences and 2 wound breakdowns)
Coles et al. 2006 [4]	70	1 delayed olecranon union	2 early revisions of osteotomy fixation; 18 removal of olecranon implants (5 isolated and 13 associated to another procedure)
Doornberg et al. 2007 [22]	19	None	2 wound infections
Elhage et al. 2001 [5]	39	1 olecranon nonunion	1 infection related to the prominent Kirschner wire
Gofton et al. 2003 [6]	17	None	1 plate screw penetrating the proximal radioulnar joint, interfering with forearm rotation, and requiring a second procedure; 1 removal of olecranon implant
Greiner et al. 2008 [23]	12	1 delayed olecranon union	None
Gupta and Khanchandani 2002 [7]	13	None	1 wound breakdown and subsequent infection, needing surgical revision; 4 proximal migrations of the K-wires needing surgical revision
Holdsworth and Mossad 1990 [24]	57	3 olecranon nonunion	1 septic olecranon bursitis; 2 patients needing removal of the Kirchner wires
Kundel et al. 1996 [25]	55	4 olecranon nonunion	None
Liu et al. 2009 [8]	35	None	2 superficial wound infections
McKee et al. 2000 [9]	26	None	3 removal of olecranon implants due to hardware complaints
Pajarinen and Björkenheim 2002 [10]	14	1 olecranon nonunion	None
Ring et al. 2004 [11]	45	None	1 loosening of the wire fixation requiring reoperation (plate fixation); 12 removal of the wires (6 hardware complaints; 1 septic olecranon bursitis; 5 associated to another procedure)
Rübberdt et al. 2008 [12]	11	None	None
Sanchez-Sotelo et al. 2007 [26]	5	None	None
Sané et al. 2009 [13]	14	1 olecranon nonunion	5 bad quality olecranon fixations

𝑁: number of distal humerus fractures.