[PDF] Top 20 Humeral shaft fractures: national trends in management

... of national government insurance for patients [ 65 years old (Medicare) and ...Open fractures had higher rates of ORIF than closed fractures ... See full document

... of humeral shaft ...operative management, al- though they did not find any difference in the final range of motion between these ...these fractures may be well severed by compression plating” ... See full document

... of humeral shaft fracture management aims at achieving union of fracture ends with an acceptable humeral alignment and restoration of function to that before ...Conservative management ... See full document

... with humeral shaft fractures who will be allocated after randomisation to one of the two groups: bridge plate or functional ...Non-operative management will consist of a functional brace for 6 ... See full document

... Sixty humeral shaft – fracture patients with a minimum age of 18 years were randomly assigned into two groups: operative treatment with open reduction – internal fi xation (ORIF) or functional brace ...ORIF ... See full document

... The study is pragmatic and allows for normal varia- tions in clinical practice, including in the surgical ap- proach and fixation method used during ORIF, as well as the involvement of physiotherapy. The investigators ... See full document

... scapular fractures had reported excellent/good results in 82% of the cases treated ...scapular fractures with a glenopolar angle greater than 30 degrees, medial displacement of the lateral border by more ... See full document

... Following a successful initial application for a British Society of Elbow and Shoulder Surgery primer grant, a period of 1 year for trial preparation, obtaining ethics approval, and Research and Development approval, a 6 ... See full document

... We found that most of the HSA reduction occurred from 1 to 3 months postoperatively, and the reduction amount was 4.9 ± 3.3° (p < 0.001, Fig. 2). We divided the patients into two groups: with and without MS. We found ... See full document

... The Institutional Review Board approved the study. Patient data were obtained from the Finnish National Hospital Discharge Register (NHDR) between 1987 and 2009. All patients 20 years of age or older admitted to ... See full document

... All other data sets were analyzed using SAS statistical software version 9.13 (SAS Institute, Cary, NC, USA). We analyzed the correlations between time and the number of PHFs by using a simple linear regression analysis ... See full document

... The debate continues over the management of diaphyseal fractures of the humerus. There are a variety of extramedullary as well as intramedullary implants. We aim to propose a technique of passing the screw ... See full document

... and humeral shaft fracture type; (2) primary out- comes, consisting of postoperative clinical function evaluated by the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Shoulder Scale [16] and Mayo Elbow ... See full document

... Retrograde femoral nailing was found to be particularly suited to the management of ipsilateral fractures of the femur and tibia. The patient can be managed on a standard radiolucent operating table with no ... See full document

... those fractures treated by intramedullary ...of fractures in both treatment groups were A2 and A3, of these, the more displaced and hence more severe ones would have been treated by nail- ... See full document

... I fractures, sub-classifications of fractures are identified as transverse, oblique, spiral, and segmental, and can be located in proximal, middle, or distal positions along the tibial ... See full document

... The Bilboquet implant effectively addresses the mechanical challenge of the FCESH by providing a stable fixation and constant consolidation of tuberosities. But the risk of avascular necrosis of the humeral head ... See full document

... The HUMMER trial will study outcome after operative versus non-operative treatment of humeral shaft fractures. Operative treatment is expected to result in earlier recov- ery than non-operative ... See full document

... 31 fractures in 30 patients with humeral shaft fracture treated with closed reamed interlocking nail was analyzed by AMERICAN SHOULDER AND ELBOW SURGEON SCORE produced in annexure, ... See full document

... surgical management as osteo- synthesis and arthroplasty aim to restore the anatomy of the proximal humerus or to replace the damaged ...Displaced fractures in adults can be expected to heal with some ... See full document