BRYAN-MORREY APPROACH – SURGICAL TECHNIQUE
Abstract:
This article aims to offer an alternative to the classic transolecranon approach, that is used in
the surgery of the distal humerus. This possibility for the access to the pathology of distal humeral blade
is recommended by the AO (Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Osteosynthesefragen) school as an alternative for
the transolecranon approach. Big clinics from Europe (1.2) use the Bryan-Morrey approach at the
expense of transolecranon approach for distal humerus fractures, leading to the academic dispute on
randomized studies. However, the choice of the approach remains to the surgeon preference. We will
show in the following lines the surgical technique for this approach and we will try to expose some
personal considerations about the advantages and disadvantages of this technique, regarding to the
experience of 71 cases
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