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Trauma Case Reports, 2021 Open humeral shaft fractures comprise approximately 2% of all fractures of the humerus. Nearly 20% of open humeral shaft fractures will develop deep infection, increasing the risk of nonunion regardless of treatment method.
Sandip P. Tarpada +3 more
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Lateral condylar retrograde humeral nail for management of high-energy distal humeral fractures
Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery, 2019 Purpose: Distal metaphyseo-diaphyseal humeral fractures are challenging particularly if open, comminuted, or associated with nerve injury. In cases of open distal complex metaphyseo-diaphyseal humeral fractures inamenable for traditional methods of ...
Ahmed Fathy Sadek +3 more
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BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2019 Background It is known that there are large regional variations in treatment methods for the management of proximal humeral fractures. The objective of this study was to investigate the national surgical trends in elderly patients with proximal humeral ...
Young-Hoon Jo +2 more
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Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery, 2019 Distal humeral coronal shear fractures are rare and account for around 1% of all fractures at the elbow level and 6% of the distal humeral fractures. Many studies have reported on the associated injuries involving the lateral collateral ligament injuries
Yucheng Sun +2 more
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Combined Ipsilateral Humeral Shaft and Galeazzi Fractures Creating a Floating Elbow Variant
Case Reports in Orthopedics, 2018 “Floating elbow” injuries of the arm traditionally represent a combination of humeral shaft and forearm fractures which require anatomic rigid open reduction and internal fixation of all fractures to allow for early range of motion exercises of the elbow.
Patrick Lee +3 more
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Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2020 Introduction: Humeral shaft fractures have traditionally been treated non-operatively due to their good union and low rate of functional impairment. In the recent years, upper extremity fractures and their operative treatment have increased in children ...
Juuli Hannonen +11 more
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Inter-rater agreement among shoulder surgeons on treatment options for proximal humeral fractures among shoulder surgeons [PDF]
Clinics in Shoulder and Elbow, 2022 Background The treatment approach for proximal humeral fractures is determined by various factors, including patient age, sex, dominant arm, fracture pattern, presence of osteoporosis, preexisting arthritis, rotator cuff status, and medical comorbidities.
Hyojune Kim +3 more
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Treatment of Middle Third Humeral Shaft Fractures with Anteromedial Plate Osteosynthesis through an Anterolateral Approach [PDF]
Malaysian Orthopaedic Journal, 2016 Background: Treatment of humeral shaft fractures has been a subject of debate for many decades. Even though a large majority of humeral shaft fractures can be treated by non operative methods, few conditions like open fractures, polytrauma, ipsilateral ...
Kumar BS, Soraganvi P, Satyarup D
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Journal of Children's Orthopaedics, 2014 Background Studies among children experiencing fractures report an increasing trend toward operative management. In the present study, we examined whether the same trend has occurred for humeral shaft fractures in accordance with increasing interest ...
A. Salonen +3 more
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Evolution of treatment of of the proximal humerus fractures (review)
Travmatologiâ i Ortopediâ Rossii, 2013 The article in generalized form acquaints with the publications devoted to the bases of proximal humeral fractures treatment. A brief digression on anatomy and biomechanics of the humeral joint allows to consider the main morphological features of it ...
P. G. Kogan +4 more
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