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Where is subcapital humeral neck fracture?
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Below the ball porti: The upper arm is the humerus bone and at the top is shaped like a ball sitting on a tube, where the tube flares and the ball starts is the sub capital humeral neck-a common area for fracture.
Answered 3/2/2014
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