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Humerus fracture

**Humerus fracture**
*Classification & external resources*
ICD-10	S42.2-S42.4
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.

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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 axillary nerve can be damaged in fractures of this type.

References

^ Surgical Neck Fractures of the Humerus - Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics. Retrieved on 2007-08-16.
^ Anatomic Neck Fracture of Humerus - Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics. Retrieved on 2007-08-16.

v • d • e Fractures (Sx2, 800-829)
General	Avulsion fracture · Greenstick fracture · Salter-Harris fractures
Head	Skull fracture · Basilar · Blowout
Vertebral	Cervical · Jefferson · Hangman's · Flexion teardrop · Extension teardrop, Clay-shoveler · Burst · Compression · Wedge · Chance · Hyperextension fracture dislocation
Ribs	Rib fracture · Flail chest
Shoulder, arm and hand	Clavicle · Humerus · Monteggia · Galeazzi · Colles' · Smith's · Barton's · Scaphoid · Rolando · Bennett's · Boxer's
Hip, leg and foot	Hip fracture · Segond · trimalleolar · Bimalleolar · Pott's · Maisonneuve · Lisfranc · Calcaneal · Jones fracture