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Intra-articular Entrapment of Medial Epicondyle Fracture Fragment in Elbow Joint Dislocation Causing Ulnar Neuropraxia: A Case Report [PDF]

Malaysian Orthopaedic Journal, 2017
Traumatic elbow dislocations in children are rare but most of them are complex dislocations, and in such dislocations, medial humerus epicondyle fractureis the most common associated injury.
Syed J, Zamri AR, Jamaluddin S, Ruben JK, Gopindran M   +4 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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A Case of Humeral Head Fracture-dislocation with Vascular Injury: How We Managed it [PDF]

Journal of Orthopedics and Joint Surgery, 2022
Axillary artery injury is uncommon, although proximal humerus fractures are prevalent. The majority of axillary artery injuries in the literature have been attributed to anterior glenohumeral dislocation; a few have been linked to single proximal humerus
K Meenakshisundaram, Nagesh C Sangolgi, Kandaswamy K G, Hari Sivanandan, Athipathi Sundararaj, Chiranjeevi K P   +5 more
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Non Vascularised Fibula Strut Graft Augmentation for Fixation of Proximal Humerus 3-Part Fracture using PHILOS Plate and CC Screws in a Young Male [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2021
Proximal humerus fracture accounts for 4-5% of all fractures. Locking Compression Plate (LCP) Proximal Humerus Internal Locking System (PHILOS) fixation is currently the most widely used method for the management of unstable proximal humerus fractures.
Amit Supe, pranay kondewar, eknath pawar, rohit topno, lalkar gadod   +4 more
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