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Management of Humeral Shaft Fractures; Non-Operative Versus Operative [PDF]

Archives of Trauma Research, 2015
Context Functional humeral bracing remains the gold standard for treatment of humeral shaft fractures. There is an increasing trend in the literature to perform operative fixation of these fractures.
Clement
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Management of humeral shaft nonunion using the WALANT technique [PDF]

Trauma Case Reports
Humeral shaft nonunion is a challenging orthopedic condition that often requires surgical intervention for successful healing. In this case report, we present a 53-year-old male patient who presented with a humeral shaft nonunion, Underlying Systemic ...
Niki Tadayon, Farsad Biglari, Amir Mehrvar, Mohammad Ali Okhovatpour, Meisam Jafari Kafiabadi, Mohammad Parsa Pashazadeh   +5 more
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Ilizarov treatment of humeral shaft nonunion in an antiepileptic drug patient with uncontrolled generalized tonic-clonic seizure activity [PDF]

Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research, 2010
Nonunion of the humeral shaft in patients with antiepileptic drug associated metabolic bone disorder constitute a challenging surgical problem difficult to treat due to seizure activity, osteoporosis, and poor stabilization options.
Koulouvaris Panayiotis, Pafilas Dimitrios, Lykissas Marios G, Sioros Vasileios S, Mavrodontidis Alexandros N   +4 more
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MONOLATERAL LOW-INVASIVE TREATMENT OF HUMERAL SHAFT FRACTURE IN CHILDREN

Travmatologiâ i Ortopediâ Rossii, 2012
Humeral fractures in children are from 4 up to 10% of the general number of child fractures. Recently the trend is marked to expansion of indications to operative treatment despite of mainly conservative treatment of humeral shaft fractures.
V. P. Kuzmin, S. O. Tarasov, I. N. Popov, S. V. Mironov, A. F. Voytenkov, N. N. Kononir, N. N. Krylova   +6 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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A protocol for the conduct of a multicentre, prospective, randomized superiority trial of surgical versus non-surgical interventions for humeral shaft fractures: the HUmeral SHaft (HUSH) fracture study [PDF]

Bone & Joint Open
Aims: Fractures of the humeral shaft represent 3% to 5% of all fractures. The most common treatment for isolated humeral diaphysis fractures in the UK is non-operative using functional bracing, which carries a low risk of complications, but is ...
Marloes Franssen, Juul Achten, Duncan Appelbe, Matthew L. Costa, Susan Dutton, James Mason, Jenny Gould, Andrew Gray, Amar Rangan, Warren Sheehan, Harvinder Singh, Stephen E. Gwilym   +11 more
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Combined three-part humeral anterior fracture-dislocation and humeral shaft fracture treated with one-stage long stem shoulder hemiarthroplasty in an active elderly patient [PDF]

SICOT-J, 2017
Introduction: Injuries combining a humeral head fracture-dislocation and a shaft fracture of the ipsilateral humerus are very rare. They should be separated from extended fractures of the humeral head to the shaft [1].
Herzberg Guillaume, Tebaa Eloise
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Isolated simultaneous bilateral humeral shaft fractures in a healthy victim of a road traffic crash: a case report and review of literature [PDF]

Journal of Medical Case Reports
Background Humeral shaft fractures constitute 1–5% of all adult fractures and 13% of humerus fractures. They usually result from low- or high-energy mechanisms.
Stephen Adesope Adesina, Isaac Olusayo Amole, Imri Goodness Adefokun, Adepeju Olatayo Adegoke, Ehimen Oluwadamilare Odekhiran, Olusola Tunde Ekunnrin, Simeon Ayorinde Ojo, Adewumi Ojeniyi Durodola, Innocent Chiedu Ikem, Samuel Uwale Eyesan   +9 more
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Rotator Cuff Tears and Mid-Term Shoulder Outcomes after Intramedullary Nail Fixation for Humeral Shaft Fracture: A Minimum Five-year Follow-up Study [PDF]

Malaysian Orthopaedic Journal
Introduction: Antegrade intramedullary nail fixation for humeral shaft fractures yields satisfactory union rates. However, one of the related concerns is damage to the rotator cuff during nail insertion, which may affect long-term outcomes. The effect of
Furuhata R, Tanji A, Nakamura S, Urabe T
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Infected humeral shaft nonunion treatment with the induced membrane technique and a novel fixation construct: a case report [PDF]

OTA International
. Case:. A 51-year-old woman with an infected left humeral shaft recalcitrant nonunion presented 3 years after initial injury. This case report focuses on the staged treatment of a 17-centimeter (cm) humeral shaft nonunion with the induced membrane ...
Nina D. Fisher, MD, Sanjit R. Konda, MD
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