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Trauma of the Shoulder and Humeral Shaft

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The shoulder and humerus are common sites of injury from simple falls to high-energy road traffic crashes. The primary goal is to restore a stable and comfortable range of motion to permit lifting, pushing, pulling, and most importantly positioning the hand. With serious injuries and limited resources, it is not necessary to achieve “perfection” to reach the above goals. Often simple, predictable solutions are preferable to riskier and costly alternatives.

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  1. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Colorado Health Science Center, Aurora, CO, USA

    Richard C. Fisher

  2. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, JDW National Referral Hospital, Thimphu, Bhutan

    Sonam Dorji

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  1. San Francisco General Hospital Institute for Global Orthopedics and Traumatology, San Francisco, CA, USA

    Richard A. Gosselin

  2. Division of Orthopedic Surgery Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    David A. Spiegel

  3. Columbus, MT, USA

    Michelle Foltz

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Fisher, R.C., Dorji, S. (2020). Trauma of the Shoulder and Humeral Shaft. In: Gosselin, R., Spiegel, D., Foltz, M. (eds) Global Orthopedics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-13290-3_18

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