title: Bigelow's wire technique for a humeral shaft fracture: brief case report and historical perspective.
abstract: An older technique of limited open reduction and wire fixation was applied in the treatment of an open transverse humeral shaft fracture in a 14-year-old female. The original operative technique by H. Bigelow is described.
authors.affiliation: Children's Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Avenue, OSB-3, Cincinnati, Ohio 45229, USA. Twee.do@cchmc.org
authors.forename: Twee
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Do
authors.forename: Mack
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Clayton
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001864:Bone Wires; D005260:Female; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal / Q000379:methods*; D005597:Fractures, Open / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D006810:Humeral Fractures / Q000601:surgery*