Pediatric elbow fractures are extremely ... Uncommonly, direct force applied to the flexed elbow may displace the distal humerus fracture anteriorly. Gartland [1] classified extension fractures ...

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.

Proximal humeral fractures are not rare, accounting for 4% to 5% of all fractures in the United States. [1] Most of these fractures are minimally displaced or nondisplaced and can be managed ...

No clinically important fractures were missed, and there were no between-group differences in the occurrence of adverse events. In children and adolescents with a distal forearm injury ...

Initial diagnostic ultrasonography for suspected pediatric distal forearm fractures is accurate and timely. Whether this approach is noninferior to radiography for later physical function is unclear.