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Pseudarthrosis of the surgical neck of humerus treated by buttressing with a medial cortico-cancellous graft

BACKGROUND: Pseudarthrosis of surgical neck of humerus is uncommon condition. Different methods of improving the stability of fixation have been described, including impaling the shaft into the head, placing a tension suture through the rotator cuff, or using an intramedullary cortical graft. We rep...

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Autores principales: Maheshwari, J, Pandey, Vinay K
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3270606/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22345807
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5413.91635
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Pandey, Vinay K
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description BACKGROUND: Pseudarthrosis of surgical neck of humerus is uncommon condition. Different methods of improving the stability of fixation have been described, including impaling the shaft into the head, placing a tension suture through the rotator cuff, or using an intramedullary cortical graft. We report our results of cortico-cancellous strut graft medially to counter the varus force, in conjunction with a fixed-angle implant on the lateral side. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We used this technique in seven cases of pseudarthrosis of surgical neck of the humerus. There were four women and three men, ranging in age from 22 to 65 years. All were treated with a tricortical medial buttress bone graft and fixed-angle fixation device on the lateral side. A locking proximal humerus plate (Synthes) was used in six cases, and a bent reconstruction plate (Synthes) was applied in one case. The one in which reconstruction plate was applied was operated before the advent of locking plates. The limb was immobilized in 30° of abduction over a cushion for 6 weeks, followed by a sling for another 6 weeks. RESULTS: The followup varied from 18 to 96 months. All our cases healed within mean 5.1 months (range 4–6 months). There was one case of avascular necrosis. All cases had useful function of shoulder. CONCLUSION: The medial buttressing by strut graft with external fixation by laterally placed fixed angle plate is successful to achieve fracture union in pseudarthrosis of surgical neck of humerus.
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spelling pubmed-32706062012-02-15 Pseudarthrosis of the surgical neck of humerus treated by buttressing with a medial cortico-cancellous graft Maheshwari, J Pandey, Vinay K Indian J Orthop Original Article BACKGROUND: Pseudarthrosis of surgical neck of humerus is uncommon condition. Different methods of improving the stability of fixation have been described, including impaling the shaft into the head, placing a tension suture through the rotator cuff, or using an intramedullary cortical graft. We report our results of cortico-cancellous strut graft medially to counter the varus force, in conjunction with a fixed-angle implant on the lateral side. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We used this technique in seven cases of pseudarthrosis of surgical neck of the humerus. There were four women and three men, ranging in age from 22 to 65 years. All were treated with a tricortical medial buttress bone graft and fixed-angle fixation device on the lateral side. A locking proximal humerus plate (Synthes) was used in six cases, and a bent reconstruction plate (Synthes) was applied in one case. The one in which reconstruction plate was applied was operated before the advent of locking plates. The limb was immobilized in 30° of abduction over a cushion for 6 weeks, followed by a sling for another 6 weeks. RESULTS: The followup varied from 18 to 96 months. All our cases healed within mean 5.1 months (range 4–6 months). There was one case of avascular necrosis. All cases had useful function of shoulder. CONCLUSION: The medial buttressing by strut graft with external fixation by laterally placed fixed angle plate is successful to achieve fracture union in pseudarthrosis of surgical neck of humerus. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3270606/ /pubmed/22345807 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5413.91635 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Orthopaedics http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Pseudarthrosis of the surgical neck of humerus treated by buttressing with a medial cortico-cancellous graft
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title_full Pseudarthrosis of the surgical neck of humerus treated by buttressing with a medial cortico-cancellous graft
title_fullStr Pseudarthrosis of the surgical neck of humerus treated by buttressing with a medial cortico-cancellous graft
title_full_unstemmed Pseudarthrosis of the surgical neck of humerus treated by buttressing with a medial cortico-cancellous graft
title_short Pseudarthrosis of the surgical neck of humerus treated by buttressing with a medial cortico-cancellous graft
title_sort pseudarthrosis of the surgical neck of humerus treated by buttressing with a medial cortico-cancellous graft
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3270606/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22345807
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5413.91635
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