Open reduction of proximal joint shoulder and head bone fracture

That is, the soft tissue of the fracture is surgically opened to expose the fracture segment, and the fracture is reduced under direct vision, which is called incision reduction. Since most fractures can be treated with manual reduction, open reduction is performed only under certain conditions.

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