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Olecranon fracture


1. Corboy D: Elbow fractures. 7 Dec 2004. 1 Oct 2007. http://www.emedicine.com/emerg/topic191.htm.

2. Geiderman JM: Humerus and Elbow. In Marx JA, Hockberger RS, Walls RM. (eds): Rosen’s Emergency Medicine, 6th ed.  Philadelphia: Elsevier, 2006, pp 663.

3. Karlsson MK, Hasserius R, Karlsson C, et al. Fractures of the olecranon: a 15 to 25 year follow-up of 73 patients. Clin Orthop 2002; 403:205-12.

The authors would like to acknowledge Sarah Donlan, MD, for her contributions to this case.

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