Clinical Review

Locking Plate Fixation for Proximal Humerus Fractures

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Proximal humerus fractures are the third most common fractures in the elderly1 and may pose complex reduction and fixation problems for surgeons. New surgical techniques and locking plate technology can provide consistently good results for these complex fractures.2


 

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