title: [Minimally invasive surgery in diaphyseal humeral fractures with helicoidal plate. One year result in seven patients].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The surgical treatment of choice in the first instance before a humeral diaphysis fracture surgery are intramedullary nails. So are simple plates or external fixators that in different studies reported a large percentage of complications.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To implement an alternative system of treatment that shows to be minimal invasive, painless and inexpensive.
  
  
  METHODS
  Applied in 7 patients with a follow-up to a year. The type of study is prospective, cross-sectional observational and descriptive.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The results were no cases of nonunion, no delayed unions or infections, no radial or circumflex nerve injury added postoperatively with a functional restoration of 90% between the 6th and the 8th weeks of the surgery, and a proper consolidation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This treatment method proved to be minimally invasive with no extra features in their application with a functional recovery between the 6th and 8th week after surgery. The total cost turned out to be minor in comparison to other surgical methods.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Ortopedia, México. borismx@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Boris Xavier Ortufio
authors.initials: BX
authors.lastname: Numbela
authors.forename: Luis Humberto Vives
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Aceves
authors.forename: Alejandro Bello
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: González
authors.forename: Carlos Torres
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Castro
mesh_terms: D001860:Bone Plates; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004867:Equipment Design; D016267:External Fixators; D005260:Female; D005592:Fracture Fixation / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D017102:Fracture Healing; D006801:Humans; D006810:Humeral Fractures / Q000601:surgery*; D007103:Immobilization; D008297:Male; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures; D011446:Prospective Studies