The Journal of hand surgery
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We report 2 cases of elbow fracture dislocation with triceps avulsion. Despite immobilizing the elbow in neutral for 2 to 4 weeks to protect the triceps repair, good elbow motion was obtained.
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To determine whole body and hand radiation exposure to the hand surgeon wearing a lead apron during routine intraoperative use of the mini C-arm fluoroscope. ⋯ This study of whole body and hand radiation exposure from the mini C-arm includes the largest number of surgical cases in the published literature. The measured whole body and hand radiation exposure received by the hand surgeon from the mini C-arm represents a minimal risk of radiation, based on the current National Council on Radiation Protection and Management standards of annual dose limits (5,000 mrem per year for whole body and 50,000 mrem per year to the extremities).