Humeral Shaft Fractures Secondary to Hand Grenade Throwing

A series of five cases were presented in which similar fractures of the shaft of the humerus occurred during the hand grenade throwing activity during the military education. All the fractures were in the 1/3 distal humeral shaft, and butterfly fragments were accompanying in two soldiers. All the fr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Aydin, Bahattin Kerem, Akmese, Ramazan, Agar, Mustafa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
Materias:
Clinical Study
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4045347/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24967121
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/962609
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Sumario:A series of five cases were presented in which similar fractures of the shaft of the humerus occurred during the hand grenade throwing activity during the military education. All the fractures were in the 1/3 distal humeral shaft, and butterfly fragments were accompanying in two soldiers. All the fractures healed without any clinical complications with conservative treatment. The mechanism of the fracture is discussed with reference to the recent literature.

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