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 to the arm bone known as the humerus.

Proximal humeral fractures are not rare, accounting for 4% to 5% of all fractures in the United States. [1] Most of these fractures are minimally displaced or nondisplaced and can be managed ...

Introduction Proximal humerus fractures (PHFs) comprise <3% of all fractures in children and adolescents. While it is accepted that minimally displaced PHFs can be treated conservatively, the ...

A study published in BMC Surgery suggests that a minimally invasive lateral shoulder approach is safe and effective for ...

1 Department of Surgery, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland 2 Department of Surgery, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland ...

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.

An 81-year-old man with a left shoulder hemiarthroplasty performed 12 years prior fell while gardening and sustained a left periprosthetic humeral shaft fracture. His medical history included coronary ...

A humerus fracture, which is a complete or partial breakage of the upper arm bone, is most commonly caused by trauma, particularly a fall, and accounts for 3 percent of all fractures. The treatment ...

A 58-year-old female slipped and fell and sustained a closed right-sided displaced humerus fracture with a medial butterfly fragment. She was taken to an outside hospital and placed in a splint for ...

Radiographs showed Neer’s four part fracture of left proximal humerus, with gross medial displacement of the distal fragment (figure 1A). The patient also had a type II dens fracture. In view of the ...

Detroit cornerback suffered a broken humerus in the first quarter of Saturday's game against Washington and underwent surgery ...

As if growing old, itself, were not bad enough, a study has found that concomitant rotator cuff tears in association with proximal humerus fractures are relatively common and are associated with older ...