Transolecranal dislocations.

The authors report the results obtained in the treatment of twenty-four cases of transolecranal dislocation (anterior dislocation of the elbow accompanied by fracture of the olecranon). Follow up examinations were performed after one to eight years. Discussion of the types of dislocation is followed by a description of the operations necessary to reduce and stabilise the individual lesions. In the light of the results obtained the authors still consider it advisable for the elbow to be immobilised in plaster for three weeks to allow the capsulo-ligamentous lesions caused by the dislocation to cicatrize.