The Fighting Irish sophomore had already missed the entirety of the 2024 season prior to sustaining his latest issue, but has ...

There are several operative approaches to repairing supracondylar humerus fractures, each with its own advocates. For fractures with vascular compromise or a median nerve deficit, an anterior or ...

A fracture of the normal humerus in a healthy young adult most commonly results from significant direct trauma. Throwing sports have become increasingly popular outside of North America and bring with ...

Distal (Lower) Aspect The lower part of the humerus is the top of the elbow joint. The front part of the lower humerus has two projections called the trochlea and the capitulum. The capitulum is ...

Distal humeral physeal separations are rare injuries with a higher incidence in children <3 years of age, accounting for 7% of distal humeral injuries. (1) In neonates, the mechanism of birth-related ...

Materials and Methods: It was a prospective, monocentric study from January 2018 to December 2020 involving 14 patients who received and were treated surgically for distal humeral fractures and ...

A 66-year-old woman with past medical history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, anxiety and osteoporosis presented to the ED after a ground level fall at home resulting in left elbow pain ...

Various surgical treatment options have been documented for the management of extra-articular distal humerus fractures. However, the optimal approach remains a subject of controversy, primarily due to ...

Semiconstrained total elbow arthroplasty (TEA) is an established treatment for elderly patients with distal humeral fractures not amenable to stable internal fixation (unreconstructable). In recent ...

The distal nerve, motor endplates and muscle degenerate after 12 months of denervation, so time is of essence when treating nerve injuries. This algorithm also applies to other nerve injuries.