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Chapter 19 - Upper Extremity Trauma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 August 2019

By
Kristen Kann
Edited by
Alex Koyfman  and
Brit Long
Alex Koyfman
Affiliation:
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Brit Long
Affiliation:
San Antonio Military Medical Center
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Summary

Upper extremity (UE) trauma is a common finding in patients presenting to the Emergency Department (ED), found in 31.6% of patients reported to the National Trauma Data Base,1 and occurring with an estimated incidence of 1,130 upper extremity injuries per 100,000 persons per year.2

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The Emergency Medicine Trauma Handbook , pp. 273 - 288
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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