@article{MAKHILLSJ20083119611,
    title = {Therapy of Non-Union of the Humeral Diaphysis-Comparison Between Locked and Conventional Implants},
    journal = {Surgery Journal},
    volume = {3},
    number = {1},
    pages = {13-16},
    year = {2008},
    issn = {1816-3211},
    doi = {sjour.2008.13.16},
    url = {https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?issn=1816-3211&doi=sjour.2008.13.16},
    author = {B. Kienast,M. Wurm,K. Seide,A. Paech,A.P. Schulz,C.H. Jurgens and},
    keywords = {Humeral non-union,plate osteosynthesis,angular stability,locked implants},
    abstract = {In a retrospective study, we examined 43 patients with non-union of the humeral diaphys presenting in the time between January 1995 and January 2003. Fourteen patients had been treated with a 4.5 mm Low-Contact Dynamic Compression Plate (LCDCP) and autologous bone grafting; 29 patients were treated by an internal fixator with locked screws and also autologous bone grafting. The mean duration between trauma and operative treatment for the non-union was 18,3 month (5-58 month). An average of 1.5 previous operations had been performed before the final treatment. Primary nerve palsy was documented in 7 cases. All patients showed consolidation of the non-union at follow-up. In the LCDCP group two revisions in patients with osteoporosis were necessary, in the internal fixator group one re-osteosythesis was required after a plate failure. The range of movement of shoulder and elbow increased rapidly after treatment of the pseudarthroses.}
    }