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Bone fracture

2018-03-12 14:22:06
Time for developing swelling in humerus fracture. I need time for developing swelling. Not healing time
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if it is undisplaced fracture with minimal trauma - won't swell much- if it swells - it increases slowly over a period of 1 hour to 10 hours. With displaced fracture and high energy trauma - lot of swelling - swells more quickly with in 30 mins.

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Swelling develops immediately after humerus fracture.

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