title: Treatment of fractures of the humeral capitulum using fibrin sealant.
abstract: Three patients with fresh displaced fractures of the capitulum humeri were treated by the fibrin sealant method, without additional internal fixation. At follow-up, between 1 1/2 and 4 1/2 years after surgery, clinical results were very good. Fibrin sealant has many advantages over traditional osteosynthesis techniques and is therefore recommended as an effective method for treating such serious but uncommon fractures of the elbow joint.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Clinical Orthopaedics and Traumatology, University of Padua, Italy.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Scapinelli
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D005260:Female; D015718:Fibrin Tissue Adhesive / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D006810:Humeral Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009984:Orthopedic Fixation Devices; D011859:Radiography; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D015718:Fibrin Tissue Adhesive