Throwing sports have become increasingly popular outside of North America and bring with them a novel injury mechanism for clinicians. A 21 year old woman sustained a "thrower’s fracture" of the ...

Pediatric elbow fractures ... The mechanism of injury is commonly a fall on the outstretched hand with the elbow extended, with the force applied indirectly to the distal humerus, displacing ...

Fractures of the distal end of the humerus are less frequent than fractures ... Clinical examination should look for ulnar nerve damage and skin opening. Radiological findings, including traction ...

Abstract: Distal humerus fractures are complex injuries with potential implications on patient outcomes, necessitating thorough investigation and understanding of fracture characteristics and ...

She had a history of left proximal humerus fracture ... distal humerus plate (DePuy Synthes) was positioned on the humerus and wired into place. Care was taken to ensure the radial nerve was ...

One of my observations of nerve ... the same nerve injury twice. In general, it would be rare in my practice to operate on a radial nerve not improving 2 months after humerus fracture – with ...

The humerus is the bone in the upper arm. A fracture of this bone can ... are responsible for feeling and movement. Damage to the musculocutaneous nerve, which runs down the length of the arm ...