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Abstract
Fractures of the proximal humerus, including the head, anatomic and surgical necks, and tuberosities.
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- Humeral Fractures, Proximal
- Fracture, Proximal Humeral
- Fracture, Shoulder
- Fractures, Shoulder
- Humeral Fracture, Proximal
- Proximal Humeral Fracture
- Proximal Humeral Fractures
- Shoulder Fracture
- Greater Tuberosity Fractures
- Humeral Head Fracture
- Humeral Head Fracture Dislocation
- Fracture, Greater Tuberosity
- Fracture, Humeral Head
- Greater Tuberosity Fracture
- Head Fracture, Humeral
- Humeral Head Fractures
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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Indexing Annotation
refers to SHOULDER, not SHOULDER JOINT; restricted to fractures of proximal humerus (head, neck, tuberosities): do not confuse with HUMERAL FRACTURES
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Shoulder Fractures. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D012784. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D012784
- Shoulder Fractures. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q56301149