Treatment of Proximal Humeral Fractures by Andrew Jawa, and David Burnikel JBJS Reviews Volume 4(1):e3 January 12, 2016 ©2016 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.
Illustration depicting the original classification system of proximal humeral fractures described by Neer, in which each part is defined by either >1 cm of displacement or >45° of angulation. Andrew Jawa, and David Burnikel JBJS Reviews 2016;4:e3 ©2016 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.
Radiograph showing a valgus-impacted fracture (AO type B1.1), a category not included in the original classification system described by Neer. Andrew Jawa, and David Burnikel JBJS Reviews 2016;4:e3 ©2016 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.
Radiograph showing a varus-impacted fracture (AO type A2.2). Andrew Jawa, and David Burnikel JBJS Reviews 2016;4:e3 ©2016 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.
Radiograph showing a completely translated surgical neck fracture (AO type A3.2). Andrew Jawa, and David Burnikel JBJS Reviews 2016;4:e3 ©2016 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.
Radiograph showing a displaced three-part fracture in a physiologically and chronologically young patient at the age of forty-eight years. Andrew Jawa, and David Burnikel JBJS Reviews 2016;4:e3 ©2016 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.
Radiograph made after reduction and fixation performed with the use of a fibular strut graft for support and inferior strut screws. Andrew Jawa, and David Burnikel JBJS Reviews 2016;4:e3 ©2016 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.
Radiograph showing an anterior fracture-dislocation, with no soft-tissue attachments to the head, in a physiologically-fit sixty-eight-year-old man. Andrew Jawa, and David Burnikel JBJS Reviews 2016;4:e3 ©2016 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.
Radiograph made after reverse shoulder arthroplasty. Andrew Jawa, and David Burnikel JBJS Reviews 2016;4:e3 ©2016 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.