ArticleTrauma monthly2015
Treatment of Humeral Shaft Fractures: Minimally Invasive Plate Osteosynthesis Versus Open Reduction and Internal Fixation.
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33 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 63 citations in OpenAlex.
- Humeral shaft fracture: systematic review of non-operative and operative treatment.Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery · 2023Pooled it
- Antegrade intramedullary nail versus plate fixation in the treatment of humeral shaft fractures: An update meta-analysis.Medicine · 2019Pooled it
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- Minimally invasive plate osteosynthesis vs conventional fixation techniques for surgically treated humeral shaft fractures: a meta-analysis.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2016Pooled it
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- Minimal invasive percutaneous plate osteosynthesis (MIPPO) through deltoid-pectoralis approach for the treatment of elderly proximal humeral fractures.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2017Trial
- A Prospective Comparative Study of the Outcome of Diaphyseal Humeral Shaft Fractures with Anterior BridgePlating versus Open Reduction Internal Fixation by Dynamic Compression Plating.Journal of orthopaedic case reports · 2026Article
- Minimally Invasive Posterior Plating for Comminuted Middle to Distal One-Third Humeral Shaft Fractures: A Case Report.Journal of orthopaedic case reports · 2025Article
- Outcomes of intramedullary nailing versus plate fixation for humeral shaft fractures: a retrospective cohort study.European journal of orthopaedic surgery & traumatology : orthopedie traumatologie · 2025Article
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- A Bibliometric Analysis of the Top 50 Most Cited Articles on Iatrogenic Nerve Injuries of the Upper Limb Following Surgery.Journal of brachial plexus and peripheral nerve injury · 2025Review
- HUMERAL SHAFT FRACTURE WITH AN INTACT WEDGE FRAGMENT: MIPO VS CONVENTIONAL PLATING.Acta ortopedica brasileira · 2023Article
- Trochanteric fracture pattern is associated with increased risk for nonunion independent of open or closed reduction technique.BMC geriatrics · 2022Article
- Prevalence and risk factors for pseudarthrosis in humeral shaft fractures treated by minimally invasive plate osteosynthesis: A 10-year review.Shoulder & elbow · 2022Article
- Fragility of statistically significant findings from randomized clinical trials of surgical treatment of humeral shaft fractures: A systematic review.World journal of orthopedics · 2022Article
- New ways of treatment of fractures of the humeral shaft: does the combination of intramedullary nail osteosynthesis and cerclage improve the healing process?European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society · 2022Article
- Preoperative position and protection of radial nerve by B-ultrasound combined with MIPPO for treatment of middle-inferior humerus fractures.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2022Article
- [Compromising due to additive cerclages : Can surgical treatment of humeral shaft fractures cause damage to the radial nerve?]Der Unfallchirurg · 2022Article
- Complications in humeral shaft fractures - non-union, iatrogenic radial nerve palsy, and postoperative infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis.EFORT open reviews · 2022Review
- Anterior Bridge Plate Osteosynthesis in Comminuted Fracture Shaft of Humerus in Manual Workers- is it Optimum Choice?The archives of bone and joint surgery · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe optimal technique for operative fixation of humeral shaft fractures remains controversial and warrants research.
objectivesThe purpose of the current study was to compare the functional and clinical outcomes of conventional open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF) with minimally invasive plate osteosynthesis (MIPO) in patients with fractures in two-third distal humeral shaft. PATIENTS AND
methodsIn the current prospective case-control study, 65 patients with humeral shaft fractures were treated using ORIF (33 patients) or MIPO (32 patients). Time of surgery, time of union, incidence of varus deformity and complications were compared between the two groups. Also, the university of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) shoulder rating scale and Mayo Elbow performance score (MEPS) were used to compare the functional outcomes between the two groups.
resultsThe median of union time was shorter in the MIPO group (4 months versus 5 months). The time of surgery and functional outcomes based on the UCLA and MEPS scores were the same. The incidence of varus deformity was more than 5° and was higher and the incidence of nonunion, infection and iatrogenic radial nerve injury were lower in the MIPO group; however, the differences were not significant.
conclusionsDue to the shorter union time, to some extent less complication rate and comparable functional and clinical results, the authors recommend to use the MIPO technique in treating the mid-distal humeral shaft fracture.
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