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Proximal Humerus Fractures in the Geriatric Population Present an Opportunity to Improve Recognition and Treatment of Osteoporosis

Geriatric Orthopaedic Surgery & Rehabilitation, 2020
Introduction: Osteoporosis remains an undertreated disease entity causing substantial morbidity and mortality. Proximal humerus fractures are a common sentinel fracture, providing an opportunity to intervene with antiresorptive therapy before more ...
Amit Piple BS, Christian Taylor Smith MS, David W. Barton MD, Jonathan J. Carmouche MD   +3 more
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"Floating arm" injury in a child with fractures of the proximal and distal parts of the humerus: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2009
Introduction Simultaneous supracondylar humerus fracture and ipsilateral fracture of the proximal humerus in children is rare. Case presentation A 10-year-old Turkish boy with an extension type supracondylar humerus fracture and ipsilateral fracture at ...
Güven Melih, Akman Budak, Kormaz Tanzer, Poyanlı Oğuz, Altıntaş Faik   +4 more
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Traumatic pediatric shoulder fracture dislocation treated with closed reduction and intramedullary nailing: A case report

Trauma Case Reports, 2017
Background: Although rare, pediatric proximal humerus fractures may coexist with glenohumeral dislocations. Most of these injuries are Salter -Harris type of injuries. The treatment usually consists of closed or open reduction and k- wires fixation.
Ghazi Fannouch, Yasser I. Al Khalife, Abdulaziz S. Al Turki, Ayman H. Jawadi   +3 more
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Antibiotic Spacers in Shoulder Arthroplasty: Comparison of Stemmed and Stemless Implants. [PDF]

, 2017
Background: Antibiotic spacers in shoulder periprosthetic joint infection deliver antibiotics locally and provide temporary stability. The purpose of this study was to evaluate differences between stemmed and stemless spacers. Methods: All spacers placed
Abboud, Joseph A., Hendy, Benjamin A., Lawrence, Cassandra, Namdari, Surena, Narzikul, Alexia, Padegimas, Eric M., Ramsey, Matthew L., Williams, Gerald R R.   +7 more
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Comorbidities only account for a small proportion of excess mortality after fracture: A record linkage study of individual fracture types [PDF]

, 2018
Background: Non-hip non-vertebral fractures (NHNV) constitute the majority of osteoporotic fractures but few studies have examined the association between these fractures, co-morbidity and mortality.
Bliuc, Dana, Blyth, Fiona, Center, Jacqueline, Eisman, John A, March, Lynette, Nguyen, Tuan, Simpson, Judy, Tran, Thach, Weiwen, Chen   +8 more
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Minimal Invasive Plate Osteosynthesis (MIPO) Technique Using Anterolateral Approach for Treating Closed Proximal Humerus Fracture [PDF]

Malaysian Orthopaedic Journal, 2012
Proximal humerus fracture is the second most common fracture of the upper extremity and presents several unique problems such as anatomical complexity, high risk of avascular necrosis, minimal bone stock for purchase, significant morbidity, and lack of a
Ismail HD, Boedijono DR, Hidayat H, Simbardjo DS   +3 more
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Severely Comminuted Transolecranon Fracture Fixation with the Help of Medial Humerus Anatomical Plate: A Case Report and Educational Corner

Journal of Orthopedic and Spine Trauma, 2022
Background: Transolecranon fracture is an unstable intra-articular injury in the elbow caused by high-energy trauma. Here, we introduce a medial humerus plate for severely comminuted transolecranon fracture.
Seyed Peyman Mirghaderi, Sadula Sharifpour, Amirhossein Ghaseminejad Raeini, Alireza Moharrami, Maryam Salimi, Seyed Hadi Kalantar   +5 more
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Prevention of osteoporotic refractures in regional Australia [PDF]

, 2017
Objective: Clinical guidelines recommend that patients who sustain a minimal trauma fracture (MTF) should receive a bone mineral density (BMD) scan and bisphosphonate (or equivalent) therapy if diagnosed with osteoporosis.
Davidson, E, Doyle, Z, Fielding, K, McGirr, J, Seal, A   +4 more
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Geographic variation in the treatment of proximal humerus fracture: an update on surgery rates and treatment consensus

Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research, 2019
Background Using a larger, more comprehensive sample, and inclusion of the reverse shoulder arthroplasty as a primary surgical approach for proximal humerus fracture, we report on geographic variation in the treatment of proximal humerus fracture in 2011
Sarah B. Floyd, Joel Campbell, Cole G. Chapman, Charles A. Thigpen, Michael J. Kissenberth, John M. Brooks   +5 more
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The mechanical benefit of medial support screws in locking plating of proximal humerus fractures. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the biomechanical advantages of medial support screws (MSSs) in the locking proximal humeral plate for treating proximal humerus fractures.
Wen Zhang, Langqing Zeng, Yanjie Liu, Yao Pan, Wei Zhang, Changqing Zhang, Bingfang Zeng, Yunfeng Chen   +7 more
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