31Jan 2017
FRACTURE DISLOCATION OF PROXIMAL HUMERUS WITH INTRATHORAIC DISPLACEMENT OF THE HUMERAL HEAD. A RARE PRESENTATION.
- Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopaedics, GMCH Aurangabad(M.S.), India.
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High velocity trauma results in fracture dislocation of the proximal humerus.Dislocated fragments of the proximal humerus fracture very rarely migrate into ipsilateral hemithorax .The dislocation adds an extra level of difficulty to the treatment of complex multipart proximal humeral fractures with higher risk of osteonecrosis. Classified as 11B3 by OTA classification .To our knowledge this is among the very few cases reported till date of intrathoracic humeral head migration.
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[Nilesh Kachnerkar and Anil Dhule. (2017); FRACTURE DISLOCATION OF PROXIMAL HUMERUS WITH INTRATHORAIC DISPLACEMENT OF THE HUMERAL HEAD. A RARE PRESENTATION. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 5 (Jan). 2504-2506] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com
Dr Nilesh Indulal Kachnerkar
Assistant Professor , Department of Orthopaedics ,GMCH Aurangabad ,India
Assistant Professor , Department of Orthopaedics ,GMCH Aurangabad ,India
