Elbow fractures are the most common fractures in children. The assessment of the elbow can be difficult because of the changing anatomy of the growing skeleton and the subtility of some of these fractures. In this review important signs of fractures and dislocations of the elbow will be discussed.
Definition of department: Specialized functional area within an organization or a division, such as accounting, marketing, planning. Generally every department has its own manager and chain of command.
Former executive and Cabinet-level departments. 1  Department of War (1789â1947), headed by the Secretary of War: renamed Department of the Army by the National Security Act of 1947. 2  Department of the Navy (1798â1949), headed by the Secretary of the Navy: became a military department within the Department of Defense.