Upper Extremity Trauma
A 52-year-old man presents 9 months after a transverse mid-shaft humeral fracture initially treated with a functional brace. He has persistent arm pain, motion at the fracture site, and inability to perform his work as a carpenter. X-rays show gap at the fracture site with sclerotic, rounded bone ends and no callus formation. There is 2cm of bone shortening. Regarding humeral shaft nonunion:
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Humeral shaft nonunion is defined as failure of fracture healing at 6-9 months with no radiographic ...
Classification is by biologic potential: hypertrophic nonunion (adequate blood supply, abundant call...
Humeral shaft nonunion is defined as failure to heal at 3 months; oblique fractures have the highest...
Treatment for hypertrophic nonunion is compression plating (typically broad 4.5mm DCP or LCP) to pro...
Radial nerve must be identified and protected during plating; anterolateral approach exposes the ner...
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