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Humerus fracture



Humerus fracture
Classification & external resources
ICD-10 S42.2-S42.4
ICD-9 812
eMedicine emerg/199  orthoped/271 orthoped/199

A humerus fracture can be classified by the location of the humerus involved: the upper end, the shaft, or the lower end.

At the upper end, the surgical neck of the humerus[1] and anatomical neck of humerus[2] can both be involved, though fractures of the surgical neck are more common. The axillary nerve can be damaged in fractures of this type.

References

  1. ^ Surgical Neck Fractures of the Humerus - Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics. Retrieved on 2007-08-16.
  2. ^ Anatomic Neck Fracture of Humerus - Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics. Retrieved on 2007-08-16.
 
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