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Review Question - QID 216911

Proximal Humerus Fractures QID: 216911 (SBQ19SE.65)
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QID 216911 (Type "216911" in App Search)
A 59-year-old right-hand dominant male carpenter sustains the injury shown in Figures A and B. He has no history of chronic shoulder pain and has never had a surgical procedure on the shoulder. He has hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and is not on any systemic anticoagulation. You see the patient in the ED, complete your exam and find that he is neurovascularly intact and this is a solitary injury. Which of the following is the best indication for doing a hemiarthroplasty in this patient as opposed to open reduction internal fixation?
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  • B