Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Proximal humerus nonunions present a significant challenge for the surgeon. Many patients with proximal humerus ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . While many proximal humerus fractures can be treated nonoperatively, different techniques, methods and ...

Background: Precise indications for computed tomography (CT) in proximal humeral fractures are not established. The purpose of this study was a comparison of conventional radiographic views with ...

Fjalestad and coworkers found no evidence of a difference between surgical and conservative treatment, whereas Olerud and coworkers reported that arthroplasty is associated with a better quality of ...

Background The cartilage of the epiphyseal plate might be 2–5 times weaker than surrounding fibrous tissue; therefore epiphyseal (growth) plates are very sensitive to their surrounding mechanical ...

GAINESVILLE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Exactech, a developer and producer of innovative implants, instrumentation, and smart technologies for joint replacement surgery, announced that a new study 1 that ...

(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 ...

GAINESVILLE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Exactech, a developer and producer of innovative implants, instrumentation, and computer-assisted technologies for joint replacement surgery, announced today the ...

A shoulder fracture is a broken bone in the shoulder. These fractures typically occur after a fall or high impact collision. In most cases, surgery is not necessary to treat a shoulder fracture. The ...

The patient was well-developed, well-nourished, non-ill-appearing, and in no obvious distress. Her head was normocephalic with no signs of trauma. The neck showed no goiter or palpable lymph nodes.