A Novel Technique of Proximal Humerus Fixation

Proximal humerus fractures account for 4%-6% of all the fracture presentations. There are many ways of treating different kinds of proximal humerus fractures. We describe the percutaneous fixation of proximal humerus which is not widely used but is a cost effective, less invasive and comparable to o...

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Autores principales: Baig, MN, Diack, Megan, Murphy, Ben, Kaar, Kenneth
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
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Orthopedics
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7233515/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32431985
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.7706
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description Proximal humerus fractures account for 4%-6% of all the fracture presentations. There are many ways of treating different kinds of proximal humerus fractures. We describe the percutaneous fixation of proximal humerus which is not widely used but is a cost effective, less invasive and comparable to other techniques with regard to results.
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spelling pubmed-72335152020-05-19 A Novel Technique of Proximal Humerus Fixation Baig, MN Diack, Megan Murphy, Ben Kaar, Kenneth Cureus Orthopedics Proximal humerus fractures account for 4%-6% of all the fracture presentations. There are many ways of treating different kinds of proximal humerus fractures. We describe the percutaneous fixation of proximal humerus which is not widely used but is a cost effective, less invasive and comparable to other techniques with regard to results. Cureus 2020-04-17 /pmc/articles/PMC7233515/ /pubmed/32431985 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.7706 Text en Copyright © 2020, Baig et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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