The following are the most important diseases or complications that may be contributed to by a humerus fracture (humeral fracture):
Skin and subcutaneous (L00-L99).
- Hypertrophic scarring (bulging scars).
Infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99).
- Infection of the wound
Musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99)
- Osteoarthritis
- Pseudarthrosis (false joint)
Psyche – nervous system (F00-F99; G00-G99)
- Vascular injuries
- Nerve injuries
- Humeral head fracture – axillary nerve injury.
- Humeral shaft fracture – radial nerve injury.
- Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS); synonyms: Algoneurodystrophy, Sudeck’s disease, Sudeck’s dystrophy, Sudeck-Leriche syndrome, sympathetic reflex dystrophy (SRD)) – neurological-orthopedic clinical picture, which is based on an inflammatory reaction after injury to an extremity and also involves the central pain processing in the event; represents a symptomatology in which there are severe circulatory disturbances, edema (fluid retention) and functional restrictions after the intervention, as well as hypersensitivity to touch or pain stimuli; Occur in up to five percent of patients after distal radius fractures, but also after fractures or minor trauma to the lower extremity; early functional treatment (physical and occupational therapy), with medications for neuropathic pain (“nerve pain) and with topical (“local”) therapies lead to better long-term results.
Symptoms and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings not elsewhere classified (R00-R99).
- Chronic pain
Injuries, poisonings, and other consequences of external causes (S00-T98)
- Functional impairment
- Implant loosening
