Journal of Musculoskeletal Trauma

Original Article

A Comparison of Plate Fixation with Intramedullary Nailing in Humeral Shaft Fracture: Kwang Won Lee, Kyou Hyeun Kim, Ha Yong Kim, Young Sik Min, Hwan Jung Kim, Won Sik Choy; J Korean Soc Fract 1997;10(4):785-792. Published online October 31, 1997; DOI: https://doi.org/10.12671/jksf.1997.10.4.785

Abstract PDF: We evaluated prospectively ninety-two patients out of 130 humeral shaft fractures requiring surgical stabilization from January 1991 to December 1995. Among them, thirty-one patients received open reduction and internal fixation with plate & screws(PLT). Thirty-one patients received closed reduction & antegrade intramedullary nail fixation(IMN). Thirty patients received closed reduction & antegrade and retrograde endernail fixation(EN). Average follow-up period was 20.7 months. Eleven patients had primary radial nerve palsies. The higher incidence of nonunion was found on IMN(42%), and EN(20%), than PLT(8%). We concluded that the result of IMN was not superior to that of PLT or EN.

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