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 ...

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 ...

Peter Giannoudis, MD, FRCS, and Waseem Jerjes, MD, PhD, told Orthopaedics Today Europe chronic heavy smokers with proximal humerus fractures can suffer from delayed fracture union, a higher ...

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 ...

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A fracture of the normal humerus in a healthy young adult most commonly results from significant direct trauma. Throwing sports have become increasingly popular outside of North America and bring with ...