Treatment for Fractures of Distal End of Humerus

• Masuda Kenichi

  Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, St. Mary's Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan

• Yoshida Kenji

  Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, St. Mary's Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan

• Tanaka Kenji

  Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, St. Mary's Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan

• Nakamura Hidetomo

  Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, St. Mary's Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan

• Nishida Toshiharu

  Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, St. Mary's Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan

• Yoshimatsu Hiroki

  Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, St. Mary's Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan

• Yoshimitsu Kazuhiro

  Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, St. Mary's Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan

• Yamashita Hisashi

  Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, St. Mary's Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan

• Goto Takuya

  Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, St. Mary's Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• 当院における上腕骨遠位端骨折の治療成績

Abstract

Twelve patients with fractures of the distal end of the humerus treated in the last two years were reviewed retrospectively. The subjects included four males and eight females, with age ranging from 15 to 82 average age: 56.9 years. According to the AO/ASIF classification system, three cases were classified as type A2, three type B2, two type C1, C2, and two type C3. The operative procedures performed were open reduction and internal fixation, using tension band wiring on two cases, and plate fixation on ten.<BR>The follow-up period ranged from 6 to 18 months, with an an average of 11.9 months.<BR>The average flexion of the elbow was 107 degrees and extension of the elbow was -17 degrees. The JOA score at final evaluation was 82.2 points ranging from 65 to 91. The results in this study showed that this surgical procedure provides relatively satisfactory functional results for the fracture of the distal end of the humerus.

Journal

• Orthopedics & Traumatology

  Orthopedics & Traumatology 55 (3), 372-374, 2006

  West-Japanese Society of Orthopedics & Traumatology

Keywords

• distal end of humerus
• operative treatment
• clinical results

Details

• CRID: 1390001204937604608
• NII Article ID: 10018786829
• NII Book ID: AN00126582
• DOI: 10.5035/nishiseisai.55.372
• ISSN: 13494333
• ISSN: 00371033
• Web Site: https://search.jamas.or.jp/link/ui/2007022624
• Text Lang: ja
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