A Healed Intertrochanteric Femur Fracture, Shoulder, and Rib Fractures in an Ancient Nubian Female: An Osteoarchaeological Perspective

Figure 7

A well-healed fracture of the left humerus surgical neck (This is an original figure created by the authors of the manuscript). (a) An anteroposterior photograph of both the right and left humerii. Note the shorter left humerus; the left humerus was 309 mm in length and the right one was 323 mm in length. (b) A close-up photograph of the left proximal humerus demonstrating a varus neck shaft position with inferior displacement of the humeral head. (c) An anteroposterior radiograph of both proximal humerii. Note the internal callus of the left humerus denoting a well-healed longstanding fracture (yellow arrow). (d) A lateral radiograph of the left proximal humerus demonstrating the internal callus (yellow arrow) and distorted surgical neck. Malunions such as this are common in fractures of the humeral neck treated nonoperatively [22].

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