Eduardo F. Carrera COPENHAGEN, Denmark — When surgically treating 2-, 3- and 4-part impacted humeral neck fractures, a Brazilian surgeon now recommends using a specially designed plate to fill ...

Your humerus is the long bone in your upper arm that's located between your elbow and shoulder. A fracture is one of the most common injuries to the humerus.

When I see a patient with radial nerve palsy after humerus fracture, I get advanced imaging ... the radiologist is whether there is external compression on the nerve, impingement from bone ...

Johnson & Johnson MedTech announced today that it launched new variable angle optimized locking technology (VOLT) plating ...

In some children, long bones are prone to multiple fractures, whereas vertebrae may experience compression fractures. Overall, chronic pain is often a hallmark of this condition in affected children.

Is Surgery Necessary for Fracture of Proximal Humerus? March 11, 2015 (HealthDay News) — When an older patient breaks the upper arm, surgery is often no ...

Ball-thrower's fracture is generally accepted to result from intense torsion upon the humerus during the acceleration phase of the throw. Interestingly, this fracture rarely occurs in professional ...

Fragility fractures of the spine, hip, forearm, humerus, and pelvis are diagnostic of osteoporosis, even with T scores higher than −2.5. ... Vertebral compression fractures, ...