Jupiter and Mehne Classification | |
ICD-10 | S42.2-S42.4 |
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ICD-9 | 812 |
eMedicine | emerg/199 orthoped/271 orthoped/199 |
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Mohammadmain Rezazadehsaatlou[2].
The injuries of the ball-and-socket shoulder joint considered as the Distal humerus fracture. It is more common among the elderly population following a low energy trauma such as falling. Meanwhile, A few people experience the axillary nerve damage such as reduced sensation around the middle deltoid and/or axillary artery involvement.
Jupiter and Mehne Classification of Distal Humeral Fractures | |||
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Grade I | Intra-articular | Single column:
1. Low medial 2. High medial 3. Low lateral 4. High lateral 5. Capitellum 6. Trochlea |
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Bi - column:
1. High T intercondylar 2. Low T intercondylar 3. Y intercondylar 4. H intercondylar 5. Lambda pattern (lateral) 6. Lambda pattern (medial) |
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Grade II | Extra-articular - intracapsular | 1. High transcolumn 1a. extension, 1b. flexion
2. Low transcolumn 2a extension, 2b flexion 3. Abduction 4. Adduction |
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Grade III | Extra-capsular | 1. Medial epicondyle
2. Lateral epicondyle |