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Intra-Articular Osteotomy for Distal Humerus Malunion

Intra-articular osteotomy is considered in the rare case of malunion after a fracture of the distal humerus to restore humeral alignment and gain a functional arc of elbow motion. Traumatic and iatrogenic disruption of the limited blood flow to the distal end of the humerus resulting in avascular ne...

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Autores principales: Marti, René K., Doornberg, Job
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2771151/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19888423
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/631306
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description Intra-articular osteotomy is considered in the rare case of malunion after a fracture of the distal humerus to restore humeral alignment and gain a functional arc of elbow motion. Traumatic and iatrogenic disruption of the limited blood flow to the distal end of the humerus resulting in avascular necrosis of capitellum or trochlea is a major pitfall of the this technically challenging procedure. Two cases are presented which illustrate the potential problems of intra-articular osteotomy for malunion of the distal humerus.
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spelling pubmed-27711512009-11-03 Intra-Articular Osteotomy for Distal Humerus Malunion Marti, René K. Doornberg, Job Case Rep Med Case Report Intra-articular osteotomy is considered in the rare case of malunion after a fracture of the distal humerus to restore humeral alignment and gain a functional arc of elbow motion. Traumatic and iatrogenic disruption of the limited blood flow to the distal end of the humerus resulting in avascular necrosis of capitellum or trochlea is a major pitfall of the this technically challenging procedure. Two cases are presented which illustrate the potential problems of intra-articular osteotomy for malunion of the distal humerus. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2009 2009-11-01 /pmc/articles/PMC2771151/ /pubmed/19888423 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/631306 Text en Copyright © 2009 R. K. Marti and J. Doornberg. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Marti, René K.
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Intra-Articular Osteotomy for Distal Humerus Malunion
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title_full Intra-Articular Osteotomy for Distal Humerus Malunion
title_fullStr Intra-Articular Osteotomy for Distal Humerus Malunion
title_full_unstemmed Intra-Articular Osteotomy for Distal Humerus Malunion
title_short Intra-Articular Osteotomy for Distal Humerus Malunion
title_sort intra-articular osteotomy for distal humerus malunion
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2771151/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19888423
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/631306
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