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 ...

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

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 ...

O rthopedic doctors have a bone to pick with all the people who forget they’re carrying a very important skeleton around ...

The same crack-like space appears in the upper arm bone (humerus), seen just above the ... severe blunt-force trauma caused the fracture to the left side of her skull. In her reconstructed skull ...

There is one radius (R1) and one ulna (U1); these are the two bones that connect the wrist and elbow. There are two humerus bones (H1 and H2). The humerus connects the shoulder and the elbow.

For example, a simple fracture of the humerus is not difficult to treat non-operatively ... Shields, K.A., Alford, T.P., Miller, R.J. “Intramedullary nail device for repairing long bone.” European ...

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

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