title: Bilateral traumatic proximal humerus fractures managed by open reduction and internal fixation with locked plates.
abstract: Fractures of the proximal humerus are uncommon in young patients. Although bilateral fracture of proximal humerus itself is rare, association with epilepsy and electrocution is frequent. Only one case of traumatic bilateral proximal humerus fracture has been reported in the literature. We report a rare case of bilateral traumatic displaced proximal humerus fractures in a 40 years old male patient, which was treated by means of open reduction and internal fixation with proximal humerus locked pates on both sides and obtained a good functional outcome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, Bokaro General Hospital, Bokaro Steel City, Jharkhand, India.
authors.forename: Atin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jaiswal
authors.forename: Naiman Deepak
authors.initials: ND
authors.lastname: Kachchhap
authors.forename: Rupak
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Chaterjee
authors.forename: Yashwant Singh
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Tanwar
authors.forename: Masood
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Habib
authors.forename: Satya Prakash
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Singh
mesh_terms: D001860:Bone Plates; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal; D006801:Humans; D006811:Humerus; D012784:Shoulder Fractures / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome