Patent ID: 8177819

Claim:
A method of bone fixation, comprising: providing a bone plate and an extension plate, the extension plate including opposing first and second end regions and an intermediate region disposed between the first and second end regions, each of the first and second end regions and the intermediate region having a plate structure; securing the bone plate to a proximal portion of a humerus and overlapping the greater tuberosity of the humerus using fasteners received in openings defined by the bone plate; and attaching the extension plate to the bone plate and the humerus using (a) a fastener disposed in an aperture defined by the first end region and in threaded engagement with the bone plate and (b) a fastener received in an aperture defined by the second end region and extending into the humerus, wherein the attached extension plate extends from a position over the greater tuberosity to a position over the lesser tuberosity of the humerus such that the intermediate region is disposed over a biceps tendon.