Tension band wiring is indicated in fracture of which of the following ?
Tension band wiring is indicated in the treatment of two types of olecranon fracture. First type is a clean break with separation of the fragments, and second type is comminuted fracture of the olecranon with displced fragments. A crack in the olecranon without displacement is treated by immobilising the elbow in an above elbow plaster slab in 30 degrees of flexion.
Fracture humerus
Olecranon
Fracture tibia
Fracture spine
Olecranon