Depending on the severity of the injury, it may take several weeks to several months to recover from a broken humerus. The ...

As a result, the fragment was reduced open with a bone hook, and the arm moved as a unit. The patient was maintained in a gunslinger brace until healing. Most proximal humeral fractures are ...

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.

A humerus bone fracture near the elbow is a common injury among children who fall. The typical surgical approach for repairing pediatric elbow fractures is a procedure called closed reduction ...

Potential complications of bone marrow aspiration are pain, bleeding, bruising and potential fracture at the aspiration ... iliac crest, proximal humerus (greater tubercle), trochanteric fossa ...

deterioration of bone structure and increasing susceptibility to fractures, particularly in the spine, hip, distal forearm and proximal humerus. These fractures significantly contribute to ...