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Pointed humeral metaphysis

MedGen UID:
871046
•Concept ID:
C4025510
•
Anatomical Abnormality
Synonym: Pointed wide portion of long bone of upper arm
 
HPO: HP:0003917

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVPointed humeral metaphysis

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Preventing varus collapse in proximal humerus fracture fixation: 90-90 dual plating versus endosteal fibular allograft strut.
Patel R, Brown JR, Miles JW, Dornan GJ, Bartolomei C, Dey Hazra RO, Vidal LB, Millett PJ
Arch Orthop Trauma Surg 2023 Aug;143(8):4653-4661. Epub 2023 Jan 4 doi: 10.1007/s00402-022-04738-1. PMID: 36598604
The risk of suprascapular and axillary nerve injury in reverse total shoulder arthroplasty: An anatomic study.
Leschinger T, Hackl M, Buess E, Lappen S, Scaal M, Müller LP, Wegmann K
Injury 2017 Oct;48(10):2042-2049. Epub 2017 Jun 28 doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2017.06.024. PMID: 28711169
Measurement Methods for Humeral Retroversion Using Two-Dimensional Computed Tomography Scans: Which Is Most Concordant with the Standard Method?
Oh JH, Kim W, Cayetano AA Jr
Clin Orthop Surg 2017 Jun;9(2):223-231. Epub 2017 May 8 doi: 10.4055/cios.2017.9.2.223. PMID: 28567227Free PMC Article
Revision with plates of humeral nonunions secondary to failed intramedullary nailing.
Allende C, Paz A, Altube G, Boccolini H, Malvarez A, Allende B
Int Orthop 2014 Apr;38(4):899-903. Epub 2013 Nov 21 doi: 10.1007/s00264-013-2180-2. PMID: 24258153Free PMC Article
Modified extra rotator-cuff entry point in antegrade humeral nailing.
Dimakopoulos P, Papadopoulos AX, Papas M, Panagopoulos A, Lambiris E
Arch Orthop Trauma Surg 2005 Feb;125(1):27-32. Epub 2004 Nov 3 doi: 10.1007/s00402-004-0757-3. PMID: 15723245

Diagnosis

An unusual blunt force trauma pattern and mechanism to the cranial vault: Investigation of an atypical infant homicide.
Isaac CV, Cornelison JB, Devota CJ, Shattuck BL, Castellani RJ
J Forensic Sci 2023 Jan;68(1):315-326. Epub 2022 Nov 4 doi: 10.1111/1556-4029.15168. PMID: 36331044Free PMC Article
Some vagaries of the lateral epicondyle.
Silberstein MJ, Brodeur AE, Graviss ER
J Bone Joint Surg Am 1982 Mar;64(3):444-8. PMID: 7061562

Therapy

Heat-induced segmental necrosis after reaming of one humeral and two tibial fractures with a narrow medullary canal.
Ochsner PE, Baumgart F, Kohler G
Injury 1998;29 Suppl 2:B1-10. doi: 10.1016/s0020-1383(98)80057-0. PMID: 10341889

Prognosis

The risk of suprascapular and axillary nerve injury in reverse total shoulder arthroplasty: An anatomic study.
Leschinger T, Hackl M, Buess E, Lappen S, Scaal M, Müller LP, Wegmann K
Injury 2017 Oct;48(10):2042-2049. Epub 2017 Jun 28 doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2017.06.024. PMID: 28711169
Revision with plates of humeral nonunions secondary to failed intramedullary nailing.
Allende C, Paz A, Altube G, Boccolini H, Malvarez A, Allende B
Int Orthop 2014 Apr;38(4):899-903. Epub 2013 Nov 21 doi: 10.1007/s00264-013-2180-2. PMID: 24258153Free PMC Article
Reverse shoulder arthroplasty combined with a latissimus dorsi and teres major transfer for a deficit of both active elevation and external rotation. Results of 15 cases with a minimum of 2-year follow-up.
Boughebri O, Kilinc A, Valenti P
Orthop Traumatol Surg Res 2013 Apr;99(2):131-7. Epub 2013 Mar 17 doi: 10.1016/j.otsr.2012.11.014. PMID: 23510632
Modified extra rotator-cuff entry point in antegrade humeral nailing.
Dimakopoulos P, Papadopoulos AX, Papas M, Panagopoulos A, Lambiris E
Arch Orthop Trauma Surg 2005 Feb;125(1):27-32. Epub 2004 Nov 3 doi: 10.1007/s00402-004-0757-3. PMID: 15723245
Heat-induced segmental necrosis after reaming of one humeral and two tibial fractures with a narrow medullary canal.
Ochsner PE, Baumgart F, Kohler G
Injury 1998;29 Suppl 2:B1-10. doi: 10.1016/s0020-1383(98)80057-0. PMID: 10341889

Clinical prediction guides

An unusual blunt force trauma pattern and mechanism to the cranial vault: Investigation of an atypical infant homicide.
Isaac CV, Cornelison JB, Devota CJ, Shattuck BL, Castellani RJ
J Forensic Sci 2023 Jan;68(1):315-326. Epub 2022 Nov 4 doi: 10.1111/1556-4029.15168. PMID: 36331044Free PMC Article
The risk of suprascapular and axillary nerve injury in reverse total shoulder arthroplasty: An anatomic study.
Leschinger T, Hackl M, Buess E, Lappen S, Scaal M, Müller LP, Wegmann K
Injury 2017 Oct;48(10):2042-2049. Epub 2017 Jun 28 doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2017.06.024. PMID: 28711169
Revision with plates of humeral nonunions secondary to failed intramedullary nailing.
Allende C, Paz A, Altube G, Boccolini H, Malvarez A, Allende B
Int Orthop 2014 Apr;38(4):899-903. Epub 2013 Nov 21 doi: 10.1007/s00264-013-2180-2. PMID: 24258153Free PMC Article
Reverse shoulder arthroplasty combined with a latissimus dorsi and teres major transfer for a deficit of both active elevation and external rotation. Results of 15 cases with a minimum of 2-year follow-up.
Boughebri O, Kilinc A, Valenti P
Orthop Traumatol Surg Res 2013 Apr;99(2):131-7. Epub 2013 Mar 17 doi: 10.1016/j.otsr.2012.11.014. PMID: 23510632

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