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Introduction and Classifications

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Proximal humeral fractures are very common and incidence is very different considering the age.

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  1. Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Milan, Italy

    Mario Borroni, Giacomo Delle Rose & Alessandro Castagna

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  1. Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

    Stefano Gumina

  2. Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, University of East Piedmont, Hospital “Maggiore della Carità”, Novara, Italy

    Federico Alberto Grassi

  3. Department of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, Ospedale Cervesi di Cattolica, Cattolica, Italy

    Paolo Paladini

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Borroni, M., Delle Rose, G., Castagna, A. (2019). Introduction and Classifications. In: Gumina, S., Grassi, F., Paladini, P. (eds) Reverse Shoulder Arthroplasty. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-97743-0_10

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