Baki, G., Mohamed, A., Elsharkawy, K. (2019). Evaluation of the Results of Management of Humeral Shaft Fractures Using Flexible Intramedullary Nails. The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine, 75(6), 3070-3078. doi: 10.21608/ejhm.2019.34234
Gad Ragheb Abdel Baki; Abd El Alim Mohamed Mohamed; Kareem Mohamed Naguib Yousef Elsharkawy. "Evaluation of the Results of Management of Humeral Shaft Fractures Using Flexible Intramedullary Nails". The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine, 75, 6, 2019, 3070-3078. doi: 10.21608/ejhm.2019.34234
Baki, G., Mohamed, A., Elsharkawy, K. (2019). 'Evaluation of the Results of Management of Humeral Shaft Fractures Using Flexible Intramedullary Nails', The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine, 75(6), pp. 3070-3078. doi: 10.21608/ejhm.2019.34234
Baki, G., Mohamed, A., Elsharkawy, K. Evaluation of the Results of Management of Humeral Shaft Fractures Using Flexible Intramedullary Nails. The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine, 2019; 75(6): 3070-3078. doi: 10.21608/ejhm.2019.34234
Evaluation of the Results of Management of Humeral Shaft Fractures Using Flexible Intramedullary Nails
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University
Abstract
Background: the humerus is the most mobile long bone of the upper limb. Humeral shaft fractures comprise about 3 to 5% of all body fractures. Objective: the aim of the work was to assess the results of using the flexible intramedullary nails in the treatment of humeral shaft fractures. Patients and Methods: the study included 20 patients presented to Alexandria Police Hospital and El-Zahra Hospital, suffering from humeral shaft fracture. A full workup including history taking, clinical examination and radiological evaluation as well as laboratory investigations was performed for every patient on admission. Results: the results obtained after a mean follow up time of 32 weeks, were excellent in twelve patients (60%), good in six patients (30%), fair in one patient (5%), and poor in another one patient (5%). The difference between excellent and good groups was statistically significant, that the younger the patient the more rapid the fracture healing occurred. Conclusion: flexible intramedullary nailing is a simple, easy semi rigid and quick technique for stabilization of humeral diaphyseal fractures in selected cases of humeral shaft fractures in different ages.
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