A proximal humeral fracture is a broken bone that occurs near your shoulder joint. "Proximal" refers to being close to your body, and "humeral" refers to the arm bone known as the humerus.

1 Department of Surgery, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland 2 Department of Surgery, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland ...

A short cut review was carried out to establish whether proximal humeral fractures in children are indicative of non-accidental injury. Altogether 44 papers were found using the reported search, of ...

A study published in BMC Surgery suggests that a minimally invasive lateral shoulder approach is safe and effective for ...

An 81-year-old man with a left shoulder hemiarthroplasty performed 12 years prior fell while gardening and sustained a left periprosthetic humeral shaft fracture. His medical history included coronary ...

Background Avascular necrosis of the humeral head (AVNHH), a pathologic process with multifactorial etiology that results from interruption of blood supply to the bone, leading to the collapse of ...

There were 18 matched controls. Radiographs were used to determine glenohumeral osteoarthritic changes: joint space narrowing, humeral and glenoid subchondral sclerosis, humeral and glenoid ...

The cartilage covers both the ball (the humeral head) and the socket (the glenoid). When the cartilage in the shoulder begins to break down on the surface and eventually in the deeper layers, it’s ...

Objective The specific aim of the study was to investigate and compare epiphyseal length and extension in the proximal humerus, closure in the growth plate and bone marrow signal intensity related to ...