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Treatment of humeral shaft fractures with the use of Usplints

Volume 35 · Issue 3 · January 2001 Publish Date: April 19, 2021
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Osman Aynaci
Hafiz Aydin
Adem Erkut
Muhittin Sener
Aynaci, O., Aydin, H., Erkut, A., & Sener, M. (2021). Treatment of humeral shaft fractures with the use of Usplints . Acta Orthopaedica Et Traumatologica Turcica, 35(3), 232–235. Retrieved from https://www.aott.org.tr/index.php/pub/article/view/1603
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Objectives: We evaluated the results of conservative treatment with the use of U-splints in patients with humeral shaft fractures.\nMethods: The study included 34 patients who were treated conservatively (U-splints) for humeral shaft fractures. Twenty-six patients were males, eight patients were females. The mean age was 32 years (range 9 to 85 years). The fractures were transverse in 16 patients, oblique in nine, comminuted in five, segmental in two, and spiral in two patients. The follow-up period was at least six months.\nResults: Union in the desired position was achieved in 31 patients (91.2%). The mean duration for union was 3.6 months (range 1.5-7 months). \nConclusion: We concluded that the use of U-splints is a successful method in the conservative treatment of humeral shaft fractures

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Amaç: U-ateli ile konservatif olarak tedavi edilen humerus cisim kırıklı olgularda tedavi sonuçları değerlendirildi.\nÇalışma planı: Çalışmaya U-ateli ile konservatif tedavi ettiğimiz humerus cisim kırıklı 34 hasta alındı. Yirmi altı hasta erkek, sekiz hasta kadındı. Ortalama yaş 32 (dağılım 9-85) idi. Kırık tipi 16 olguda transvers, dokuz olguda oblik, beş olguda çok parçalı, iki olguda segmenter ve iki olguda spiral idi. Hastalar en az altı ay süreyle takip edildi.\nSonuçlar: Arzu edilen pozisyonda kaynama 31 olguda (%91.2) sağlandı. Ortalama kaynama süresi 3.6 ay (dağılım 1.5-7 ay) idi. \nÇıkarımlar: Humerus cisim kırıklarının konservatif tedavisinde U-ateli uygulamasının başarılı bir yöntem olduğu sonucuna varıldı.

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Journal Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica
Volume / Issue Volume 35 · Issue 3 · January 2001
Pages 232-235
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Published Online April 19, 2021
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Osman Aynaci
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Hafiz Aydin
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Adem Erkut
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Muhittin Sener
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Aynaci, O., Aydin, H., Erkut, A., & Sener, M. (2021). Treatment of humeral shaft fractures with the use of Usplints . Acta Orthopaedica Et Traumatologica Turcica, 35(3), 232–235. Retrieved from https://www.aott.org.tr/index.php/pub/article/view/1603
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