title: An alternative method of osteosynthesis for distal humeral shaft fractures.
abstract: Treatment of extra-articular distal humerus shaft fractures with plating techniques is often difficult, as traditional centrally located posterior plates often encroach on the olecranon fossa, limiting distal osseous fixation. The use of a modified Synthes Lateral Tibial Head Buttress Plate (Synthes, Paoli, PA) allows for a centrally placed posterior plating of the humeral shaft that angles anatomically along the lateral column to treat far distal humeral shaft fractures. Fifteen patients treated in this manner were followed to radiographic and clinical union. There were no cases of instrumentation failure or loss of reduction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA.
authors.forename: Jonathan C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Levy
authors.forename: Steven P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Kalandiak
authors.forename: James J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Hutson
authors.forename: Gregory
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zych
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001860:Bone Plates; D005260:Female; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D006810:Humeral Fractures / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D016896:Treatment Outcome