Las dislocaciones son lesiones producidas cuando el hueso se desplaza de su posición original. A menos que existan fracturas o daño tisular, es posible que la dislocación pueda corregirse. La recuperación por lo general implica la inmovilización del área donde ocurrió la dislocación
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Last reviewed 4/12/2012 by Jacob L. Heller, MD, MHA, Emergency Medicine, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, Washington. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M. Health Solutions, Ebix, Inc.
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