Isolated avulsion fracture of lesser tuberosity of the humerus: Review of the literature and report of two cases

Two cases of acute isolated avulsion fracture of the lesser tuberosity of the humerus and their short-term outcome are presented with a review of previously reported cases. Open reduction and internal fixation was performed. Outcomes were excellent, and the patients regained their normal pain-free s...

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Autores principales: Tosun, Bilgehan, Kesemenli, Cumhur Cevdet
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications Pvt Ltd 2011
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3157099/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21897585
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0973-6042.83198
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description Two cases of acute isolated avulsion fracture of the lesser tuberosity of the humerus and their short-term outcome are presented with a review of previously reported cases. Open reduction and internal fixation was performed. Outcomes were excellent, and the patients regained their normal pain-free shoulder function 3 months after the operation. This was a Level IV study.
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spelling pubmed-31570992011-09-06 Isolated avulsion fracture of lesser tuberosity of the humerus: Review of the literature and report of two cases Tosun, Bilgehan Kesemenli, Cumhur Cevdet Int J Shoulder Surg Case Report Two cases of acute isolated avulsion fracture of the lesser tuberosity of the humerus and their short-term outcome are presented with a review of previously reported cases. Open reduction and internal fixation was performed. Outcomes were excellent, and the patients regained their normal pain-free shoulder function 3 months after the operation. This was a Level IV study. Medknow Publications Pvt Ltd 2011 /pmc/articles/PMC3157099/ /pubmed/21897585 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0973-6042.83198 Text en © International Journal of Shoulder Surgery http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Isolated avulsion fracture of lesser tuberosity of the humerus: Review of the literature and report of two cases
title Isolated avulsion fracture of lesser tuberosity of the humerus: Review of the literature and report of two cases
title_full Isolated avulsion fracture of lesser tuberosity of the humerus: Review of the literature and report of two cases
title_fullStr Isolated avulsion fracture of lesser tuberosity of the humerus: Review of the literature and report of two cases
title_full_unstemmed Isolated avulsion fracture of lesser tuberosity of the humerus: Review of the literature and report of two cases
title_short Isolated avulsion fracture of lesser tuberosity of the humerus: Review of the literature and report of two cases
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3157099/
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