re: Anyone ever fracture their humerus?

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It means the articulation is off. My honest opinion is the surgeon did a poor job. I’m not sure if this is going to heal and she will be severely limited when it comes to range of motion.Think of it as the ice cream is still off the ice cream cone and it is not lined up correctly. Ice cream equals the humeral head and ice cream cone is the shaft of the humerus

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The alignment and reduction is excellent, though this is just a single view.

The surgeon impacted the shaft into the humeral head to stabilize the fracture prior to plate and screw fixation, which significantly lowers the risk of fixation failure. Attempting to pull it out to length would leave a significant bony void at risk of varus displacement.

To the OP, the surgeon did a fine job by that single X-ray. I treat hundreds of these a year. It's a long recovery potentially, but most people regain excellent overall function though probably a bit limited from before injury.