Careful radiographic evaluation of patients with proximal humeral fractures is critical to accurate diagnosis and successful treatment. Anteroposterior (AP) and axillary views are mandatory.

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

Chronic smokers likely to experience delayed union of humerus fractures Long-term smoking can also result in significant reduction in blood supply at the fracture site.

Not all proximal humerus fractures amenable to percutaneous pinning Whether doing pinning or ORIF, the goal should be anatomical reduction and stable fixation.

UFC middleweight Jacare Souza was immediately transferred to a local hospital after suffering a humerus fracture in his UFC 262 fight against Andre Muniz on May 15.