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Proximal Humeral Fractures Evaluation and Classification

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Description: A proximal humerus fracture is very common and accounts for 1 in 20 of all fractures. OTA Residents Fracture Course. The majority are nondisplaced fractures . The typical patient is an elderly woman with osteoporosis who falls and sustains a fracture of the proximal humerus

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Added: Sun May 12 2002
Last Modified: Fri May 21 2004