Research Article

Treatment results of pseudarthrosis of the humeral shaft by open reduction and internal fixation with dynamic compression plating

Volume: 38 Number: 5 September 11, 2006
  • Yusuf Ozturkmen
  • Mahmut Karamehmetoglu
  • Mustafa Caniklioglu
  • Ali Özlük
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Treatment results of pseudarthrosis of the humeral shaft by open reduction and internal fixation with dynamic compression plating

Abstract

Objectives: We evaluated the results of open reduction and internal fixation with the use of dynamic compression plating in patients with pseudarthrosis of the humeral shaft.
Methods: Eighteen patients (12 males, 6 females; mean age 41 years; range 22 to 68 years) with aseptic pseudarthrosis of the humeral shaft were treated by open reduction and internal fixation with the use of a dynamic compression plate following unsuccessful treatment with conservative (n=7) or surgical (n=11) methods. The mean interval between the initial and final treatments was 12.2 months (range 5 t 46 months). Exploration of the radial nerve and autogenous corticocancellous grafting were simultaneously performed in all the cases. Functional results were evaluated according to the Stewart-Hundley’s criteria. The mean follow-up was 38.8 months (range 12 to 78 months).
Results: Union was achieved in all (%94.4) but one patient within a mean duration of 5.5 months (range 3 to 8 months). Functional results were good in fourteen patients (77.8%), fair in three patients (16.7%), and poor in one patient (5.6%). Radial nerve palsy that occurred in two patients during the early postoperative period underwent spontaneous recovery within three and five months, respectively. Mild reflex sympathetic dystrophy developed in two patients.
Conclusion: In selected patients with pseudarthrosis of the humeral shaft, the results of open reduction and internal fixation with the use of dynamic compression plating are excellent, provided that an appropriate surgical technique is employed.

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English

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Health Care Administration

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Research Article

Authors

Yusuf Ozturkmen This is me

Mahmut Karamehmetoglu This is me

Mustafa Caniklioglu This is me

Ali Özlük This is me

Publication Date

September 11, 2006

Submission Date

March 7, 2014

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Year 2004 Volume: 38 Number: 5

APA
Ozturkmen, Y., Karamehmetoglu, M., Caniklioglu, M., & Özlük, A. (2006). Treatment results of pseudarthrosis of the humeral shaft by open reduction and internal fixation with dynamic compression plating. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, 38(5), 305-312. https://izlik.org/JA93KG38MA
AMA
1.Ozturkmen Y, Karamehmetoglu M, Caniklioglu M, Özlük A. Treatment results of pseudarthrosis of the humeral shaft by open reduction and internal fixation with dynamic compression plating. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica. 2006;38(5):305-312. https://izlik.org/JA93KG38MA
Chicago
Ozturkmen, Yusuf, Mahmut Karamehmetoglu, Mustafa Caniklioglu, and Ali Özlük. 2006. “Treatment Results of Pseudarthrosis of the Humeral Shaft by Open Reduction and Internal Fixation With Dynamic Compression Plating”. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica 38 (5): 305-12. https://izlik.org/JA93KG38MA.
EndNote
Ozturkmen Y, Karamehmetoglu M, Caniklioglu M, Özlük A (September 1, 2006) Treatment results of pseudarthrosis of the humeral shaft by open reduction and internal fixation with dynamic compression plating. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica 38 5 305–312.
IEEE
[1]Y. Ozturkmen, M. Karamehmetoglu, M. Caniklioglu, and A. Özlük, “Treatment results of pseudarthrosis of the humeral shaft by open reduction and internal fixation with dynamic compression plating”, Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, vol. 38, no. 5, pp. 305–312, Sept. 2006, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA93KG38MA
ISNAD
Ozturkmen, Yusuf - Karamehmetoglu, Mahmut - Caniklioglu, Mustafa - Özlük, Ali. “Treatment Results of Pseudarthrosis of the Humeral Shaft by Open Reduction and Internal Fixation With Dynamic Compression Plating”. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica 38/5 (September 1, 2006): 305-312. https://izlik.org/JA93KG38MA.
JAMA
1.Ozturkmen Y, Karamehmetoglu M, Caniklioglu M, Özlük A. Treatment results of pseudarthrosis of the humeral shaft by open reduction and internal fixation with dynamic compression plating. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica. 2006;38:305–312.
MLA
Ozturkmen, Yusuf, et al. “Treatment Results of Pseudarthrosis of the Humeral Shaft by Open Reduction and Internal Fixation With Dynamic Compression Plating”. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, vol. 38, no. 5, Sept. 2006, pp. 305-12, https://izlik.org/JA93KG38MA.
Vancouver
1.Yusuf Ozturkmen, Mahmut Karamehmetoglu, Mustafa Caniklioglu, Ali Özlük. Treatment results of pseudarthrosis of the humeral shaft by open reduction and internal fixation with dynamic compression plating. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica [Internet]. 2006 Sep. 1;38(5):305-12. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA93KG38MA