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Functional bracing for comminuted extra-articular fractures of the distal third of the humerus
A Sarmiento1, A Horowitch, A Aboulafia
1Department of Orthopaedics, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles 90007.
The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. British Volume
|March 1, 1990
Abstract:
From 1982 to 1987 we treated 85 extra-articular comminuted distal third humeral fractures in adults with prefabricated plastic braces. Of these, 15% were open fractures and 18% had initial peripheral nerve injury. On average, the sleeve was applied 12 days after injury and used for 10 weeks. There was 96% union, with no infections. All nerve injuries resolved or were improving at the latest examination. At union there was varus deformity averaging 9 degrees in 81% of patients, but loss of range of movement was minimal and functional results were good.