Management of Humeral Shaft Fractures; Non-Operative Versus Operative [PDF]
, 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, N. D.
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Reliability, validity, responsiveness, and minimal important change of the Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand and Constant-Murley scores in patients with a humeral shaft fracture [PDF]
, 2017 Background: The Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand (DASH) and Constant-Murley scores are commonly used instruments. The DASH is patient-reported, and the Constant-Murley combines a clinician-reported and a patient-reported part. For patients with
Hartog, D. (Dennis) den +4 more
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Fluoroscopic freehand and electromagnetic-guided targeting system for distal locking screws of humeral intramedullary nail [PDF]
, 2016 Purpose The current techniques used to lock distal screws for the nailing of long bone fractures expose the surgeons, radiologists and patients to a hearty dose of ionizing radiation.
Di Giacomo, Giorgio +4 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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Use of blocked intramedullary shaft for the treatment of humeral diaphyseal fractures [PDF]
, 2005 Clinical and radiographic outcomes of 31 patients with humeral diaphyseal fractures submitted to surgery with intramedullary shafts were studied. From these, four patients presented fractures at the shaft insertion site and were treated using a different
Chohfi, Milton +4 more
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The course of the radial nerve in the distal humerus: A novel, anatomy based, radiographic assessment [PDF]
, 2017 Iatrogenic nerve injury during fracture surgery of the upper arm is a well-known complication. Prevention of this type of injuries would be of great value. The literature describes several methods to reduce this type of injury, but no
Bessems, J.H.J.M. (Gert) +5 more
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Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery, 2017 Purpose: The purpose of this article is to explore the real-life practice of clinical management of humeral shaft fracture associated with traumatic radial nerve palsy among orthopedic trauma surgeons.
Vincenzo Giordano +4 more
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Treatment of neglected elbow dislocations with the help of hinged external fixator: Report of two cases [PDF]
, 2014 Elbow dislocations are cases that have to be treated in emergency conditions. Neglected elbow dislocations are seen very rarely and the treatment of such cases are more complicated than acute cases.
Mehmet Fatih Erol +2 more
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BMC Surgery, 2021 Background To evaluate the feasibility and safety of a new minimally-invasive surgical approach–anteromedial minimally-invasive plate osteosynthesis (MIPO)–in the treatment of middle and distal humeral shaft fractures.
Jing Yang +5 more
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Arthroscopy, EarlyView.Purpose To examine the relationship between elbow valgus torque during pitching and the occurrence of medial elbow injuries in young baseball pitchers prospectively. Methods Between 2019 and 2023, 361 male pitchers aged 9 to 12 years were enrolled. Pitchers with a history of elbow injury or who had not served as pitchers in baseball games for ≥1 year ...
Akira Saito +6 more
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