Conminuted fracture of the humerus managed with head preservation. Case report
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rccot.2021.04.008Keywords:
fractures, humerus, necrosis, dislocation, shoulderAbstract
The incidence of humeral head fractures is approximately 6% of all fractures with greater involvement in women who are three times more likely to have this type of fracture than men. Proximal humerus fractures involving three or more fragments represent a high risk and high rates of humeral head necrosis. The objective of this case report is to show the success of the reconstruction in a complex proximal humerus luxofracture with preservation of the head. Herein we present a 35-year-old male patient with a multifragmented luxofracture of the humerus head (Neer IV) and fracture of the tibial plateau Schatzker IV due to motorcycle traffic accident with a favorable and satisfactory evolution.
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