TREATMENT ALGORITHM FOR DISTAL HUMERUS FRACTURES
Abstract:
The objective of this study was to develop an algorithm for the treatment of the distal humerus
fractures. It were analyzed the implant categories (1, 2, 6, 15) and operative techniques (3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 12,
14) currently recommended for the treatment of the distal humerus fractures. It was taken into account
the references from the literature (4, 10, 11, 13), our personal experience and the current practice of the
discipline of Orthopedics and Traumatology. We analzyed the functional and radiological results for a
series of 734 cases of distal humerus fractures over a period of six years. This analysis followed the AO
(Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Osteosynthesefragen) classification (16), because this classification fails to
cover the full range of the distal humerus fractures with few exceptions – personally I met a single
fracture that could not be classified in the AO classification.
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