A healthy 61 year-old female presents after a fall on her elbow. She has significant pain at the tip of her elbow, and has some pain with elbow extension. X-ray shows an olecranon fracture with 6 mm of displacement. What is the generally accepted treatment of this injury?

Dr. Anton Helman is an Emergency Physician at North York General in Toronto. He is an Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto, Division of Emergency Medicine and the Education Innovation Lead at the Schwartz-Reisman Emergency Medicine Instititute. He is the founder, editor-in-chief and host of Emergency Medicine Cases.