Among patients with a displaced fracture in the upper arm near the shoulder (proximal humeral), there was no significant difference between surgical treatment and nonsurgical treatment in ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Increased inpatient morbidity, longer postoperative length of stay and nonroutine discharge are more likely ...

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The results of a recent Nordic collaboration study showed that there is no difference in functional results between operative and non-operative treatment in persons aged 60 or more with displaced ...

(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 ...

The primary strength of this scoping review is the ability to identify key development areas to improve the quality and relevance of biomechanical modeling for proximal humerus fracture treatments.

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 ...