Fracture of the Humerus from Throwing Hand Grenades: 4 Case Report
10.4055/jkoa.1981.16.3.668
- Author:
Kwon Jae ROH
;
Won Gap LEE
;
Jae Jung JUNG
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Humerus shaft fracture;
Throwing hand grenade;
Muscle violence
- MeSH:
Arm;
Baseball;
Hand;
Hospitals, General;
Humans;
Humerus;
Military Personnel;
Violence;
Wrestling
- From:The Journal of the Korean Orthopaedic Association
1981;16(3):668-672
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Fractures of the shaft of the humerus due to muscle violence esp. from throwing hand grenades are uncommon. Even so there are reports from many authors documenting such fractures from throwing a javerin, baseball, hand grenade and arm wrestling. Fractures of this type are usually spiral in nature; located between the middle and distal third of the humerus. We have treated four such cases during activities in which hand grenades were thrown. These fractures were sustained by military recruits in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Capital Armed Forces General Hospital from Jan. 1980 Dec. 1980.
