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Distal Humeral Adult Fractures

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In 1969 Riseborough reported a case series study of Intercondylar T Fractures of the Humerus [1]. Through this series he attempted to classify these fractures according to the amount of comminution and the degree of displacement of the fragments (Fig. 14.1).

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  1. Academic Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, School of Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK

    Nick G. Lasanianos MD, PhD, MSc & Konstantinos Makridis MD, MSc, PhD

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    Nikolaos K. Kanakaris

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    Peter V. Giannoudis

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Lasanianos, N.G., Makridis, K. (2015). Distal Humeral Adult Fractures. In: Lasanianos, N., Kanakaris, N., Giannoudis, P. (eds) Trauma and Orthopaedic Classifications. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-6572-9_14

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