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Otto E. Aufranc, MD; William N. Jones, MD; James E. Butler, MD

JAMA. 1970;213(9):1476-1479.

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DR. STUART COPE: The patient is a 13-year-old boy, a junior high school student interested in athletics. He plays on the varsity football, basketball, and golf teams. He was playing sandlot football when he injured his left shoulder. The mechanism of injury was a fall backward on outstretched hand and elbow. He was brought to the emergency room immediately after injury, complaining only of pain in the left shoulder. Examination revealed no neurovascular deficits. X-rays revealed a displaced fracture of the proximal humeral epiphysis through the plate with a fragment off the diaphysis attached to the epiphysis (Fig 1).

Discussion

DR. JONES: Pertinent to this history and description of lack of neurovascular deficits, additional important information may be obtained by examination of the injured shoulder through palpation and inspection which can be helpful in planning treatment. A portion of this examination should be made with the patient sitting in a . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
From the Fracture Clinic, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.

Footnotes
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