Open AccessBilateral Traumatic Proximal Humeral Physeal Fracture in an Adolescent Child – A Rare Case Report and Review of Literature
Author(s) -
Keyur B. Desai,
Gaurav B Waghmare,
Ashwin Sathe,
R. Chinraj
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of orthopaedic case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2321-3817
pISSN - 2250-0685
DOI - 10.13107/jocr.2020.v10.i09.1910
Subject(s) - medicine , shoulders , reduction (mathematics) , surgery , proximal humerus , humerus , percutaneous pinning , percutaneous , population , geometry , mathematics , environmental health
Proximal humerus fractures in the pediatric population are relatively uncommon accounting for <3% of all the fractures. Being the growing end of the bone, these fractures have a high threshold for conservative management. Dilemma does exist when such a fracture occurs in a borderline adolescent age group. Occurrence of bilateral physeal fractures in the same anatomical location is exceedingly rare and such a case of bilateral traumatic physeal fracture of proximal humerus has not been reported in the literature.