Humeral Nail: Comparison of the Antegrade and Retrograde Application
Acta Clinica Croatica, 2016 Application of humeral nail in the treatment of humeral shaft fractures is a relatively novel method of fracture fixation. Its application at Clinical Department of Traumatology, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center began in 2001.
Ivan Benčić +4 more
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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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Intramedullary nail versus dynamic compression plate fixation in treating humeral shaft fractures: grading the evidence through a meta-analysis. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 There is a debate regarding the choice of operative intervention in humeral shaft fractures that require surgical intervention. The choices for operative interventions include intramedullary nailing (IMN) and dynamic compression plate (DCP).
JianXiong Ma +8 more
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Trends in incidence rate, health care consumption, and costs for patients admitted with a humeral fracture in The Netherlands between 1986 and 2012 [PDF]
, 2015 Introduction: This study aimed to examine long-term population-based trends in the incidence rate of patients with a humeral fracture admitted to a hospital in the Netherlands from 1986 to 2012 and to give a detailed overview of the health care ...
Hartog, D. (Dennis) den +6 more
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The Libyan civil conflict : selected case series of orthopaedic trauma managed in Malta in 2014 [PDF]
, 2015 Aim: The purpose of this series of cases was to analyse our management of orthopaedic trauma casualties in the Libyan civil war crisis in the European summer of 2014. We looked at both damage control orthopaedics and for case variety of war trauma at a
Borg, Joseph N. +3 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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Treatment of displaced proximal humeral fractures in elderly patients [PDF]
, 2011 The optimal treatment for patients with displaced fractures of the proximal humerus, especially elderly patients with osteoporosis, is still controversial.
Olerud, Per
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Influence of Timing on Surgical Outcomes for Acute Humeral Shaft Fractures
Advances in Orthopedics, 2021 Surgical treatment for humeral shaft fractures has been reported to yield satisfactory results; however, there may be complications, such as delayed bone union, nonunion, iatrogenic radial nerve injury, and infection.
Ryogo Furuhata +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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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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