The humerus is the long bone of your upper arm. It extends from your shoulder to your elbow, where it joins with the ulna and radius bones of your forearm. A humerus fracture refers to any break in ...

The number of periprosthetic humeral shaft fractures is on the rise related to the increasing performance of shoulder arthroplasty (especially reverse shoulder arthroplasty) in an aging population ...

In this cohort study based on a nationwide register, we analysed the trends for surgical treatment of proximal humeral fractures in the entire adult Finnish population. The main finding was that the ...

(HealthDay News) — When an older patient breaks the upper arm, surgery is often no better than simply immobilizing the limb, according to a new study. The study was published in the March 10 issue of ...

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

A supracondylar fracture is an injury to the humerus, or upper arm bone, at its narrowest point, just above the elbow. Supracondylar fractures are most common in children under 7 years old, but they ...

Stryker SYK recently announced the launch of the T2 Alpha Humerus Nailing System, expanding its T2 Alpha product portfolio. The new system is designed to simplify surgical procedures for humeral ...