upper extremity
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Only one in 10 involves an upper extremity.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 8, 2018
The 13-hour surgery was performed in August by a team headed by Simon G. Talbot, the hospital’s director of upper extremity transplantation.
From Washington Post • Oct. 4, 2016
A patient was admitted to the burn unit the previous evening suffering from a severe burn involving his left upper extremity and shoulder.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
Venric Mark left the game late in the second quarter with what NU officials called an "upper extremity" injury.
From Chicago Tribune • Nov. 17, 2012
When his meat is cut, he can now feed himself with the left hand;—can raise the right hand to the chin, and draw the right upper extremity up towards the body.
From North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 by Bache, Franklin