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Various common injuries in the shoulder, humerus, and elbow are investigated in this section. Significant attention is paid not only to proper diagnostic examination and imaging, but also to optimal non-operative and operative treatment options to manage these conditions.
Keywords
- Shoulder
- Elbow
- Forearm
- Fracture
- Dislocation
- Joint
- Clavicle
- Humerus
- Radial head
- Olecranon
- Instability
- AC joint injury
- Elbow fracture
- Clavicle fracture
- Coronoid fracture
- Distal humerus fractures
- Elbow dislocation
- Glenohumeral dislocation
- Glenoid and scapula fracture
- Humerus shaft fracture
- Olecranon fracture
- Proximal humerus fracture
- Radial head fracture
- Radius and ulna shaft fractures
- SC joint injury
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Makhni, M.C., Makhni, E.C., Swart, E.F., Day, C.S. (2017). Glenohumeral Dislocation. In: Makhni, M., Makhni, E., Swart, E., Day, C. (eds) Orthopedic Emergencies. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31524-9_27
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