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Eighteen humerus distal end fractures in adults (above 16 years) were treated from 1992 to 2002 at our hospital. We evaluated their clinical results for this fracture. The subjects were seven male and 11 female. The average age of injury was 55.6 years. The cause of this fracture was nine falls, six traffic accidents, two downfalls, and one arm wrestling. Using the AO classification, nine were Type A, three Type B, and six Type C. There were two open fractures, One case (hemiplasia) was nonunion Ten out of the eighteen cases showed excellent results. Upon evaluating poor results cases, the following complications were seen : for example, multiple trauma, hemiplasia, dementia, floating elbow, deformity before injury, OA, RA, and additional fracture after operation.
