Dr. Brinker has performed more than 1,000 Ilizarov surgeries

Dr. Brinker has treated more than 1,200 fracture nonunions

Dr. Brinker has corrected more than 400 skeletal deformities

Dr. Brinker has treated more than 250 cases with bone infection

Humerus


HumerusThe humerus bone provides the skeletal structure of the upper arm. The top of the humerus is spherical (humeral head) and comprises the ball portion of the ball-and-socket shoulder joint. The humeral shaft is a tubular bone that runs from the humeral head above to the humeral condyles below. These condyles make up the upper portion of the elbow joint.

Many injuries of the humerus can be managed non-operatively but severe fractures often require surgery. When a humerus fracture fails to heal (a humeral nonunion) surgical stabilization and bone grafting is the treatment of choice.

More severe situations involving the humerus (infection, bone loss, etc.) require a complex reconstruction.



Humerus Problems Treated by Dr. Brinker*

Problem Types

Number of Surgical Cases

 

 Fracture Nonunions

  147

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 Infected Nonunions

  9

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 Complex Fractures

  113

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 Bone Infections

  12


 Periprostetic Fractures/
 Non unions

  21


 Limb Lengthening

  3

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*This chart does not represent all of Dr. Brinker's Cases.

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