Anteroposterior and lateral radiographs of the right humerus are shown demonstrating a segmental comminuted humeral shaft fracture with varus deformity. Source: Michael Githens, MD ...

A 66-year-old woman with past medical history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, anxiety and osteoporosis presented to the ED after a ground level fall at home resulting in left elbow pain ...

OBJECTIVES: To correlate glenohumeral translation in the anterior/posterior direction with medial and lateral rotation of the humerus. In addition, the length of the anterior and posterior component ...

Supracondylar and Lateral Condyle Fractures of the Humerus in Children. MedGenMed 1(3), 1999 [formerly published in Medscape Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine eJournal 3(3), 1999].

Background The cartilage of the epiphyseal plate might be 2–5 times weaker than surrounding fibrous tissue; therefore epiphyseal (growth) plates are very sensitive to their surrounding mechanical ...

Complications of supracondylar fractures include neurovascular injuries and deformity. The incidence of neurologic injury ranges from 5% to 19%. Most of the injuries are neurapraxias. In closed ...