BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether physicians' practice was adequate for the diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis in patients with proximal humeral fracture over the age of 50 years, which is one of major osteoporotic fractures. METHODS A retrospective nation-wide cohort study was performed using data collected in 2010 by the Korean Health Insurance Review Agency....

Title of Document: HUMERAL FRACTURE FIXATION TECHNIQUES: A FEA COMPARISON OF LOCKING AND COMPRESSION TECHNIQUES WITH CADAVERIC PULLOUT COMPARISON OF CORTICAL COMPRESSION AND INTERNAL LOCKING SCREWS. Aaron Johnson, MS Mechanical Engineering, 2007 Directed By: Professor, Donald Barker, Mechanical Engineering Locking and non-locking humeral repair techniques provide different mechanical constructs...

The authors evaluated the effectiveness of computerized virtual planning for open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF) of proximal humeral fractures. Between June 2011 and July 2013, a total of 46 patients with proximal humeral fractures were included in the current study. Preoperatively, fracture data were obtained via computed tomography (CT) reconstruction. Based on the dataset obtained fr...

The incidence of a fractured humeral head penetrating into the thoracic cavity is extremely rare. A 46-year-old woman presented with moderate respiratory distress at the emergency department after being involved in a motor vehicle accident. Radiographic examinations revealed fractures of the second to fifth ribs on the left side along with hemopneumothorax and fracture-dislocation of the humera...