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The patient is a 32-year-old right-hand dominant male who presented after sustaining a left elbow fracture-dislocation and left distal radius fracture following a fall on the job as a firefighter. Both injuries were closed. He was originally treated in the emergency department where closed reduction of the elbow and distal radius was performed. He was splinted and followed up at our institution for further management. The patient reported paresthesia in the hand prior to original reduction, but after the elbow was reduced, the paresthesia resolved. On presentation to the office, he denied any numbness or tingling.
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Stevens, N.M., Egol, K. (2019). Coronoid Fracture: Open Reduction and Internal Fixation. In: Tejwani, N. (eds) Fractures of the Elbow. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22857-6_14
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