A 70-year-old male slipped and fell while skiing landing on his outstretched right arm. Radiographs at the local hospital revealed a right-sided pathologic mid-shaft humeral fracture and evidence of lytic lesions on the humeral head.
Posts Tagged ‘Humerus Fracture’
Nonunion (unhealed fracture) with deformity treatment
A 46-year-old female fell while walking and landed on her left outstretched upper extremity.
Nonunion (unhealed fracture) and malunion treatment
A 64-year-old female sustained a left-sided proximal humerus fracture (AO/OTA Type 12-A2.1) and was initially treated at an outside hospital with a functional fracture brace.
Humerus fractures (upper extremity)
A 58-year-old female slipped and fell and sustained a closed right-sided displaced humerus fracture with a medial butterfly fragment.
Elbow fractures
A 19-year-old female fell while bicycling at a high speed and sustained an open fracture (Grade IIIA) of the distal humerus and presented through the New York Presbyterian Emergency Department.