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Novel Use of a Shoulder Spica: Treatment for Midshaft Humerus Fracture in the Presence of Limb Deficiency

Pediatric midshaft humerus fractures are typically managed with a hanging arm cast, Sarmiento bracing, coaptation splint, or a combination of these treatment options. Here we report a novel use of a shoulder spica cast in the treatment of a midshaft humerus fracture in the presence of limb deficienc...

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Autores principales: Benson, Elizabeth M, Torrez, Timothy, Obinwa, Chibuike, Conklin, Michael
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9728980/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36505129
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.31169
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description Pediatric midshaft humerus fractures are typically managed with a hanging arm cast, Sarmiento bracing, coaptation splint, or a combination of these treatment options. Here we report a novel use of a shoulder spica cast in the treatment of a midshaft humerus fracture in the presence of limb deficiency. Current treatments proved unsuccessful in maintaining adequate alignment, specifically the varus deformity of the fracture. A shoulder spica was able to successfully maintain acceptable alignment throughout the duration of the patient's healing process. This nontraditional use of a shoulder spica cast shows the practicality of its ability to be utilized for the treatment of unique upper extremity orthopedic obstacles. 
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spelling pubmed-97289802022-12-08 Novel Use of a Shoulder Spica: Treatment for Midshaft Humerus Fracture in the Presence of Limb Deficiency Benson, Elizabeth M Torrez, Timothy Obinwa, Chibuike Conklin, Michael Cureus Pediatrics Pediatric midshaft humerus fractures are typically managed with a hanging arm cast, Sarmiento bracing, coaptation splint, or a combination of these treatment options. Here we report a novel use of a shoulder spica cast in the treatment of a midshaft humerus fracture in the presence of limb deficiency. Current treatments proved unsuccessful in maintaining adequate alignment, specifically the varus deformity of the fracture. A shoulder spica was able to successfully maintain acceptable alignment throughout the duration of the patient's healing process. This nontraditional use of a shoulder spica cast shows the practicality of its ability to be utilized for the treatment of unique upper extremity orthopedic obstacles.  Cureus 2022-11-06 /pmc/articles/PMC9728980/ /pubmed/36505129 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.31169 Text en Copyright © 2022, Benson et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Benson, Elizabeth M
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Conklin, Michael
Novel Use of a Shoulder Spica: Treatment for Midshaft Humerus Fracture in the Presence of Limb Deficiency
title Novel Use of a Shoulder Spica: Treatment for Midshaft Humerus Fracture in the Presence of Limb Deficiency
title_full Novel Use of a Shoulder Spica: Treatment for Midshaft Humerus Fracture in the Presence of Limb Deficiency
title_fullStr Novel Use of a Shoulder Spica: Treatment for Midshaft Humerus Fracture in the Presence of Limb Deficiency
title_full_unstemmed Novel Use of a Shoulder Spica: Treatment for Midshaft Humerus Fracture in the Presence of Limb Deficiency
title_short Novel Use of a Shoulder Spica: Treatment for Midshaft Humerus Fracture in the Presence of Limb Deficiency
title_sort novel use of a shoulder spica: treatment for midshaft humerus fracture in the presence of limb deficiency
topic Pediatrics
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9728980/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36505129
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