Shoulder Trauma
A 72-year-old woman presents after a fall onto her outstretched hand. She has pain, swelling, and inability to move her right shoulder. Radiographs reveal a proximal humerus fracture with the greater tuberosity displaced 12mm superiorly, the lesser tuberosity displaced 8mm medially, and the humeral head segment tilted into varus with disruption of the medial calcar. The patient is otherwise healthy with good bone quality and was independent before the injury. Regarding proximal humerus fractures:
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Proximal humerus fractures are the third most common fracture in the elderly after hip and distal ra...
Blood supply to the humeral head is predominantly from the anterior circumflex humeral artery via th...
All proximal humerus fractures require surgical intervention; the posterior circumflex artery is the...
Treatment depends on patient factors and fracture pattern: non-operative (sling and early rehabilita...
Arthroplasty options include hemiarthroplasty (traditional for complex 4-part, head-split, chronic d...
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