“…The Seidel nail has been used by many authors for treating of humeral nonunions, but the results have usually not been satisfactory (Crolla et al 1993, Pietu et al 1994, Wu 1996, Emmerson and Sher 1998, Svend-Hansen et al 1998, Thomsen et al 1998. New intramedullary nails permit rigid stabilization of humeral shaft fractures (Rommens et al 1995, Lin et al 1997, Rommens et al 1998, Williams and Shewring 1998, Zatti et al 1998, Gaullier et al 1999, Lin and Hou 1999.…”