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.

Avi Kumar, MD, an orthopedic surgeon with Bradenton, Fla.-based Coastal Orthopedics, performed the first case with a shoulder fracture plate that he invented. Dr. Kumar came up with the idea for ...