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The elbow joint coordinates movements of the upper extremity, facilitating the execution of activities of daily living in areas such as hygiene, dressing, and cooking. When the distal humerus is injured, elbow joint function can be impaired. The goal of open reduction and internal fixation is restoration of normal anatomy....

Classification of humerus fractures is difficult. One method is to classify them as:
* Proximal humerus fractures
* Humeral shaft fractures

Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics Menu on Humeral Fractures. Topics -
Anterior Approach to Humerus Anterior Approach to Shoulder Arteries of the Upper Limb Blood Supply to the Humerus Classification of Proximal Humeral Fractures Condylar Fractures Distal Humeral Fractures Holstein Lewis Fractures Humerus Humeral Shaft Fracture Non Union of Humeral Fractures Pediatric Humeral Frx Posterior Approach to Shoulder Posterior Approach to Humerus...

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Classification and management of nonunion of the humerus

Pathologic Humerus Fracture Reuben Gobezie MD, Brent A. Ponce MD, John Ready MD DEPARTMENT OF ORTHOPAEDICS, BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL, BOSTON MA Introduction Bony lesions may result in pathologic fractures. These lesions, when not of mesenchymal origin, commonly include myeloma, lymphoma, and most commonly metastastic carcinoma. The axial skeleton is the third most common...