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 ...

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 ...

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.

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

Posteriorly displaced fractures may be angulated or displaced medially or laterally. Uncommonly, direct force applied to the flexed elbow may displace the distal humerus fracture anteriorly.

Severely comminuted distal femur fractures require anatomic internal fixation for best results, but obtaining rigid fixation of the multiple fragments may be challenging or impossible using ...