The humerus is the long bone of your upper arm. It extends from your shoulder to your elbow, where it joins with the ulna and radius bones of your forearm. A humerus fracture refers to any break in ...

Although both operative and nonoperative treatment of displaced medial humeral epicondyle fractures in adolescents helped them return to sport, provided a high degree of post-treatment satisfaction ...

A supracondylar fracture is an injury to the humerus, or upper arm bone, at its narrowest point, just above the elbow. Supracondylar fractures are most common in children under 7 years old, but they ...

Proximal humerus fractures account for <5% of fractures in children and the peak age of occurrence is 15 years old. 1 Nearly all proximal and midshaft fractures of the humerus in the pediatric ...

Background: Precise indications for computed tomography (CT) in proximal humeral fractures are not established. The purpose of this study was a comparison of conventional radiographic views with ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The number of periprosthetic humeral shaft fractures is on the rise related to the increasing performance of ...

Patients with proximal humerus fractures demonstrated substantially higher mortality rates than their matched control individuals from the general population over a 2-year period, with the highest ...

A shoulder fracture is a broken bone in the shoulder. These fractures typically occur after a fall or high impact collision. In most cases, surgery is not necessary to treat a shoulder fracture. The ...

A supracondylar fracture is a type of elbow fracture common in young children. The location and cause of the fracture determine the type. A supracondylar fracture is a fracture in the upper arm just ...