title: Ipsilateral olecranon and distal radius fracture: A case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Concomitant ipsilateral olecranon and distal radius fracture are rare injuries. Their clinical presentation is unusual and investigation and management is poorly described.
  
  
  METHODS
  We present a 55-year-old woman patient who fell off sustaining a concomitant distal radius and olecranon fracture in the same extremity. On examination, there was gross swelling of the proximal and distal forearm and no neurovascular deficit. Radiographs confirmed distal radius and olecranon fracture. Patient was treated with open reduction and anatomic locking plate for olecranon and a closed reduction percuteneous K wire fixation with penning fixator for distal radius fracture. After physical therapy program, functional results were good and DASH score was 60.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Several different combinations of fracture with dislocation have been described, but, to our knowledge, concurrent ipsilateral olecranon and distal radius fracture has not been reported before. In the literature review there are two similar cases in the English literature.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Ipsilateral olecranon and distal radius fracture is a very rare injury due to different trauma mechanisms. However we should keep in mind that there may be adjacent joints and structures for concomitant injuries.
authors.affiliation: Muş State Hospital, Muş, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ömer
authors.initials: Ö
authors.lastname: Cengiz
authors.affiliation: Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Çapa Fatih Istanbul 34050, Turkey.
authors.forename: Gökhan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Polat
authors.affiliation: Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Çapa Fatih Istanbul 34050, Turkey. Electronic address: dr@gokhankarademir.com.
authors.forename: Gökhan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Karademir
authors.affiliation: Bezmi-Alem University, Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Çapa Fatih,Istanbul 34050, Turkey.
authors.forename: Deniz
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kara
authors.affiliation: Istanbul Medipol University, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Bağcılar, Istanbul,Turkey.
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Erdil
keywords: Concomitant; Distal; Fracture; Ipsilateral; Olecranon; Radius