View source for AO/OTA Classification of Distal Humeral Fractures

[[File:Supracondylar-fracture-grade-iiib (1).jpg|thumb|Distal humerus fracture]]
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==Overview<ref name="pmid27921119">{{cite journal |vauthors=Beeres FJ, Oehme F, Babst R |title=[Distal humerus fracture-extensile approaches] |language=German |journal=Oper Orthop Traumatol |volume=29 |issue=2 |pages=115–124 |date=April 2017 |pmid=27921119 |doi=10.1007/s00064-016-0474-4 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid29169602">{{cite journal |vauthors=Shearin JW, Chapman TR, Miller A, Ilyas AM |title=Ulnar Nerve Management with Distal Humerus Fracture Fixation: A Meta-Analysis |journal=Hand Clin |volume=34 |issue=1 |pages=97–103 |date=February 2018 |pmid=29169602 |doi=10.1016/j.hcl.2017.09.010 |url=}}</ref>==
The injuries of the ball-and-socket shoulder joint considered as the Distal humerus fracture. It is more common among the elderly population following a low energy trauma such as falling. Meanwhile, A few people experience the axillary nerve damage such as reduced sensation around the middle deltoid and/or axillary artery involvement.



==AO/OTA Classification of Distal Humeral Fractures==
The distal humerus fracture may be classified based on the exact location of fracture:

* Distal third of humerus
* Intercodylar (Intra articular)
* Supracondylar (High and low supracondylar; flexion and extension)
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="3" |AO/OTA Classification of Distal Humeral Fractures
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|'''Type A'''
|Extra-articular
| rowspan="3" |[[File:H.jpg|thumb|451x451px|AO/OTA Classification of Distal Humeral Fractures]]
|-
|'''Type B'''
|Intraarticular- Single Column
|-
|'''Type C'''
|Intraarticular- Both Columns
|}
==See also==

*[[Proximal humerus fracture]]
*[[Distal humerus fracture]]
*[[Humeral_shaft_fracture]]
*[[Humerus fracture]]


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