Medically reviewed by Jennifer Steinhoff, MD The humerus is your upper arm bone. It is the longest bone in the upper part of your body and is connected to many important tendons and ligaments. The ...

Medically reviewed by Yaw Boachie-Adjei, MD A proximal humeral fracture is a broken bone that occurs near your shoulder joint. "Proximal" refers to being close to your body, and "humeral" refers ...

A humerus fracture is a break in the large bone of your upper arm. There are several types of humerus fractures, depending on the location of the break. We’ll go over the locations of each type ...

Your humerus is the long bone in your upper arm that's located between your elbow and shoulder. A fracture is one of the most common injuries to the humerus.

The decision to treat a proximal humerus fracture through either nonoperative or operative management depends on several patient and injury factors.“Certainly, physiologic age, comorbidities ...

Proximal humerus fracture: The humerus is a bone in the upper arm. The term “ proximal ” refers to the part of this bone that has a ball-like shape and connects with the socket of the shoulder ...

Ball-thrower's fracture is generally accepted to result from intense torsion upon the humerus during the acceleration phase of the throw. Interestingly, this fracture rarely occurs in professional ...

A spiral fracture is a type of bone fracture. It occurs when a long bone is twisted with force. It will appear similar to a corkscrew on an X-ray. This article explains the potential symptoms, how ...

Compared to patients without iron overload, patients with iron overload had an increased risk of a vertebral (aHR, 2.18), hip (aHR, 1.60), and humerus (aHR, 1.82) fracture but not a forearm fracture.