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Alexander Lauder, MD, of the hand, upper extremity and microvascular surgery section of the department of orthopedic surgery at Denver Health Medical Center and assistant pro­fessor at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, said research published by him and colleagues has shown proximal tibia and tibial shaft fractures are the most common fractures next to distal radius fractures.