Few injuries test the patience of both trauma surgeons and patients like the humeral shaft fracture. The sling-and-wait philosophy of functional bracing has always carried the badge of being “good ...

SAN DIEGO — Results showed operative fixation of isolated, closed humeral shaft fractures may lead to improved upper limb function, health-related quality of life, upper extremity range of ...

The patient was maintained in a gunslinger brace until healing. Most proximal humeral fractures are minimally displaced or nondisplaced and can be managed conservatively.

Fractures of the humeral shaft constitute roughly 1–3% of all fractures in adults. Traditionally, most of them have been treated with an external orthosis supporting the upper arm. In recent decades, ...

Patients with proximal humerus fractures have substantially higher mortality rates than their matched control individuals from the general population over a 2-year period.

A 40-year-old woman who was obese with osteogenesis imperfecta was involved in a high-speed motor vehicle collision and was brought to the ED after being intubated on the scene for Glasgow Coma ...

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 ...