These radiographs reveal a mildly displaced, comminuted spiral fracture at the distal diaphysis of the left humerus with an associated butterfly fragment (Fig. 1). The patient, a healthy recreational ...

Radiographs on this presentation demonstrated a periprosthetic intra-articular supracondylar intercondylar distal humerus fracture (Figure 1). On exam, she had no open wounds, ecchymosis ...

A high-impact collision, such as a car accident or football tackle, is more likely to cause a distal humerus fracture. Humerus fractures can also be pathologic fractures, which happen as the ...

NEW YORK — Patients with comminuted intra-articular distal humerus fractures who underwent elbow hemiarthroplasty experienced good, early successful functional outcomes, according to results ...

These fractures may take up to 4 months to fully heal. A distal fracture refers to when you break the lower part of the humerus, and is most commonly caused by directly hitting or falling on the bone.