Tratamento de fraturas e complicações pós-traumáticas do úmero com fixadores externos osteoline®: uma opção de tratamento

Abstract

Objective: To evaluate the results obtained from treatment of humeral shaft fractures and their complications using the Osteoline ® uniplanar external fixator. Methods: The radiographic and functional results from 78 patients with humeral shaft fractures treated using the uniplanar external fixation technique were retrospectively assessed. The patients' ages ranged from 23 to 71 years, with a mean of 47 years. Male patients predominated (79%). Out of the 78 patients, 45 presented open fractures, 14 presented pseudarthrosis and six presented synthesis failure. There were no losses during the follow-up and all the patients were discharged after fracture consolidation and functional recovery. The results were evaluated based on the

Reabilitação De Lesão Do Nervo Radial Após Fratura Cominutiva De Úmero: Um Estudo De Caso

“…Dentre as fraturas nos membros superiores, as cominutivas da diáfise umeral são as mais comuns nos acidentes de alto impacto. Nesses casos o tratamento cirúrgico é o mais indicado, podendo ser fixadas, a critério dos cirurgiões, através de placas e parafusos ou de hastes intramedulares 3 .…”