The borders of the distal (lower) humerus just above the elbow joint are called ... while a shaft fracture is located at the middle part of the upper arm. A supracondylar fracture is right above the ...

Seattle Mariners outfielder Victor Robles has a small fracture in the humeral head of his left shoulder and will miss at least 12 weeks -- and potentially the entire season if he needs surgery.

Robles' dislocated shoulder caused a small fracture in his humeral head, per a news release sent out by Seattle. Per the release, surgery appears unlikely. The injury will continue to be monitored ...

Operative fixation of isolated, closed humeral shaft fractures yielded a mean DASH score of 24.5 at 3-month follow-up. This was compared with a mean DASH score of 39.4 for nonoperative treatment.

Severely comminuted distal femur fractures require anatomic internal fixation for best results, but obtaining rigid fixation of the multiple fragments may be challenging or impossible using ...

Supracondylar fractures constitute the most common pediatric ... with the force applied indirectly to the distal humerus, displacing it posteriorly. Posteriorly displaced fractures may be ...

Pulling of the gastrocnemius muscle ensures that tibial tuberosity traction alone can lead to a posterior displacement of the distal fragment of the supracondylar femoral fracture during the double ...