Book chapter
Proximal Humerus Fractures
Orthopedic Trauma Call for the Attending Surgeon, pp.131-137
Slack
2013
Abstract
Up to 6% of proximal humerus fractures have an associated neurologic or vascular injury. The ipsilateral upper extremity must be carefully examined for distal pulses and the neurologic status of each peripheral nerve documented.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Proximal Humerus Fractures
- Creators
- Matthew D. Karam - Hennepin Cty Med Ctr, Dept Orthoped Surg, Minneapolis, MN 55415 USAAndrew H. Schmidt - Univ Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN USA
- Contributors
- David Hak (Editor)Kyros Ipaktchi (Editor)Steven Morgan (Editor)
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Publication Details
- Orthopedic Trauma Call for the Attending Surgeon, pp.131-137
- Publisher
- Slack; Thorofare, NJ
- Number of pages
- 7
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2013
- Academic Unit
- Orthopedics and Rehabilitation
- Record Identifier
- 9984306033702771
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