Humeral Shaft Fractures

Background

• Accounts for approximately 3% of all fractures
• Occurrence in children should raise a suspicion of child abuse
• Occurrence in the elderly may be the result of minimal trauma or metastastic deposits

Classification

Can be classified by:

• AO classification
• Fracture personality, soft tissue injury, associated injury, intrinsic condition of bone
• Location of fracture: upper third, middle third or lower third of the humerus

X-rays of fractures of Humeral Shaft