An 81-year-old man with a left shoulder hemiarthroplasty performed 12 years prior fell while gardening and sustained a left periprosthetic humeral shaft fracture. His medical history included coronary ...

Introduction Humerus shaft fractures may be treated conservatively or surgically. In 2.5% to 13% of cases, nonunion is observed, and it leads to severe pain and morbidity. Plate osteosynthesis has ...

parallel to the axis of the humeral shaft, fixed on the opposite cortical layer, 3 cm above the fracture line. Fixations were aided by a perforator and fluoroscopy. All of the specimens were compared ...

A fracture of the normal humerus in a healthy young adult most commonly results from significant direct trauma. Throwing sports have become increasingly popular outside of North America and bring with ...

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 ...

[27] The Seattle protocol for treatment of ipsilateral neck and shaft fractures was developed in the early 1970s in response to the difficulty of treating this injury complex. Swiontkowski and ...

Background: Footballers constitute a unique group of patients with tibial shaft fractures. They tend to have excellent general health and well developed musculature in the leg, and their fractures are ...

A 58-year-old female slipped and fell and sustained a closed right-sided displaced humerus fracture with a medial butterfly fragment. She was taken to an outside hospital and placed in a splint for ...