Stapled wound on the upper arm of an elderly patient, showing metal staples closing a wound following surgery to pin and repair a comminuted (three pa

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Stapled wound on the upper arm of an elderly patient, showing metal staples closing a wound following surgery to pin and repair a comminuted (three part) fracture of the head of the arm (humerus) bone. This multiple fracture followed a fall. (see images 1 to 7 showing this fracture before and after pinning, after skin wound stapling and unstapling).

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