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Journal of Case Reports
Trivial Trauma Induced Bilateral Proximal End Humerus Fracture: Two case reports
Hasan Kara, Aysegul Bayir, Ahmet Ak,  Demet Acar, Murat Akinci, Selim Degirmenci
From the Selcuk University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Konya, Turkey.
Corresponding Author:
Dr. Hasan Kara
Email: hasankara42@gmail.com
Received: 29-AUG-2013 Accepted: 23-SEP-2013 Published Online: 20-OCT-2013
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17659/01.2013.0085
Abstract
Humerus proximal end fractures constitute 45% of the humerus fractures. Humerus proximal end fractures are encountered at the rates of 4-5% in the extremity fractures. This rate increases to 76% in the cases over 40 years old. Twenty percent of these fractures are displaced fractures and they require surgical intervention. Causes of bilateral humerus proximal end fractures include convulsions caused by electric shock, epilepsy, alcohol deprivation and hypoglycemia that commonly cause sudden and hyper-muscle contractions. While bilateral humerus proximal end fractures are usually accompanied by shoulder dislocations, our cases resulted from simple falls caused by high energy traumas without being unconscious. In this study, two cases, which developed bilateral humerus proximal end fractures as a result of simple fall, were examined in the light of literature.
Keywords : Humeral Fractures, Shoulder fractures, Shoulder Dislocation, Seizures, Epilepsy.
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