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Displaced fracture of upper arm
Not all patients with displaced proximal humerus fractures are suitable for sling treatment
BMJ 2015; 350 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.h1669 (Published 30 March 2015) Cite this as: BMJ 2015;350:h1669
- Kanthan Theivendran, upper limb fellow1,
- Sami Hassan, speciality trainee year 61,
- Amol Tambe, consultant upper limb and orthopaedic surgeon1,
- Tim Cresswell, consultant upper limb and orthopaedic surgeon1,
- David I Clark, consultant upper limb and orthopaedic surgeon1
- 1Royal Derby Hospital, Derby DE22 3NE, UK
- k.theivendran{at}nhs.net
We commend the PROFHER Randomised Clinical Trial collaborators and the patients involved in the landmark study reported by Wise in news.1 It is rare to complete such a large randomised trial of surgery, let alone surgery on patients with trauma.
However, we would like to draw attention …
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