Humerus fracture - Citizendia

Humerus fracture Classification and external resources
ICD-10	S 42.2-S 42.4
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. The International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (most commonly known by the abbreviation ICD) provides codes to classify Diseases The International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems 10th Revision ( ICD -10) is a coding of diseases and signs symptoms abnormal findings S00-T14 - Injury (S00-S09 Head ( Superficial Injury of head ( Superficial injury of S00-T14 - Injury (S00-S09 Head ( Superficial Injury of head ( Superficial injury of The International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (most commonly known by the abbreviation ICD) provides codes to classify Diseases The following is a list of codes for International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems. eMedicine is an online clinical medical knowledge base that was founded in 1996 by Scott Plantz and Richard Lavely two medical doctors The humerus is a Long bone in the Arm or Forelimb that runs from the Shoulder to the Elbow.

Certain lesions are commonly associated with fractures to specific areas of the humerus. A lesion is any abnormal tissue found on or in an organism usually damaged by disease or trauma A fracture is the (local separation of an object or material into two or more pieces under the action of stress. 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 surgical neck of the humerus is a constriction below the tubercles of the Greater tubercle and Lesser tubercle. The anatomical neck of the Humerus is obliquely directed forming an obtuse angle with the body The axillary nerve can be damaged in fractures of this type. The axillary nerve is a Nerve of the human body that comes off the Posterior cord of the Brachial plexus at the level of the Axilla (armpit Mid-shaft fractures may damage the radial nerve, which traverses the lateral aspect of the humerus closely associated with the radial groove. The radial nerve is a Nerve in the human body that supplies the Triceps brachii muscle of the arm as well as all 12 muscles in the Posterior osteofascial compartment The radial sulcus ( also known as the musculospiral groove, radial groove, or spiral groove) is a broad but shallow oblique depression for the Radial The median nerve is vulnerable to damage in the supracondylar area, and the ulnar nerve is vulnerable near the medial epicondyle, around which it curves to enter the forearm. The median nerve is a Nerve that runs down the Arm and Forearm. In Human anatomy, the ulnar nerve is a nerve which runs near the Ulna bone The medial epicondyle of the Humerus, larger and more prominent than the Lateral epicondyle, is directed a little backward

References

^ Surgical Neck Fractures of the Humerus - Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics. Retrieved on 2007-08-16. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1384 - The Hongwu Emperor of Ming China, Emperor Dong hears a case of a couple who tore paper money bills while fighting
^ Anatomic Neck Fracture of Humerus - Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics. Retrieved on 2007-08-16. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1384 - The Hongwu Emperor of Ming China, Emperor Dong hears a case of a couple who tore paper money bills while fighting

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