Biomechanical evaluation of two innovative locking implants for comminuted olecranon fractures under high-cycle loading conditions

摘要

Introduction: The relatively high complication rate after fixation of olecranon fractures has led to an increasing application of anatomically pre-contoured locking plate systems. The purpose of the present study was to conduct a biomechanical comparison of olecranon osteosyntheses by applying the Olecranon VA-LCP and the 3.5 mm LCP Hook Plate (LCP, locking compression plate) to an unstable fracture model under high-cycle loading conditions.