Supracondylar fractures include fractures with a fracture line that runs distal to the body of the humerus, but without disruption of the intra-articular portion of the condyle.
Fractures of the humeral shaft account for 2.2 to 2.9% of all skeletal fractures. The mechanism of injury can be direct or indirect. In the first case, it is a blow to the shoulder or the shoulder against a hard object, in the second case, it is a fall on the wrist or elbow joint of the abducted arm, excessive rotation of the arm along the axis.
Isolated fractures of the humeral tuberosities mostly occur with an indirect mechanism of injury, a common type of which are avulsion fractures. The latter almost always occur with displacement of fragments.
Intra-articular fractures of the proximal end of the humerus are rare. The mechanism of injury is direct - a blow to the outer surface of the shoulder joint, but it can also be indirect - when falling on the elbow joint of the abducted arm.
In recent decades, the problem of injuries and their consequences has been considered in the context of a concept called traumatic disease. The importance of this teaching is in the interdisciplinary approach to considering the functioning of all body systems from the moment of injury to recovery or death of the victim, when all processes
For several decades, work has been carried out to study the results of arthroscopic treatment of injuries to the capsular-ligamentous apparatus of the knee joint.
