title: [Rare dislocation of caput humeri by proximal humerus fracture].
abstract: This case report describes a patient with Neer type 6 and 4 fragmentary proximal humerus fracture. Caput humeri was situated medial of the conjoined tendon, which is rarely seen in this fracture type. The fracture was treated with hemiarthroplasty with a good result. There are various advantages and disadvantages when treating proximal humerus fractures with either plate osteosyntese or hemiarthroplasty, which has to be taken into account when choosing the treatment of this fracture type.
authors.affiliation: Åvej 24, 4000 Roskilde. jacoblagoni@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Jacob Løgstrup
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Lagoni
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D000072039:Fracture Dislocation / Q000601:surgery*; D062785:Hemiarthroplasty; D006801:Humans; D012784:Shoulder Fractures / Q000601:surgery*