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CLAVICLE FRACTURES EPIDEMIOLOGY Clavicle fractures account for approximately 2.6% of all fractures and for 44…
Atlas Fractures These are rarely associated with neurologic injury. Instability invariably equates to the pre…
PROXIMAL HUMERUS FRACTURES EPIDEMIOLOGY Proximal humerus fractures comprise 4% to 5% of all fractures and rep…
PEDIATRIC FOREARM EPIDEMIOLOGY These injuries are very common. They make up 40% of all pediatric fractures (o…
CALCANEUS FRACTURES EPIDEMIOLOGY Calcaneus fractures account for approximately 1% to 2% of all fractures. The…
TREATMENT: GENERAL CERVICAL SPINE Initial Treatment Immobilization with a cervical orthosis (for stable fract…
Occipitoatlantal Dislocation (Craniovertebral Dissociation) This is almost always fatal, with postmortem stud…
PEDIATRIC TIBIA AND FIBULA EPIDEMIOLOGY Tibia fractures represent the third most common pediatric long bone f…
SUBTROCHANTERIC FRACTURES EPIDEMIOLOGY Subtrochanteric fractures account for approximately 10% to 30% of all …
ACETABULUM EPIDEMIOLOGY The incidence of acetabular fractures is 3 per 100,000 population per year. Neurologi…
SUPERIOR GLENOHUMERAL DISLOCATION · This very rare injury is less common than inferior glenohumeral dislocati…
PELVIS Fractures and Dislocations EPIDEMIOLOGY The incidence of pelvic fractures in the United States has bee…
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