title: [Fractures of the humerus in multiple injuries (comparison with the same injury in a group of single injuries/associated injuries).].
abstract: The authors compare retrospectively, based on material of the Research Institute of Traumatology and Special Surgery in Brno (1985-1990), a group of 13 patients who suffered fractures of the diaphysis of the humerus as part of a multiple injury with a group of 29 patients who suffered the same injury as a monotrauma or associated injury. Both groups are characterized, the therapeutic approach is described as well as the complications which developed. The patients were checked on average after 45 months following the injury (12-96 months) and the results are reviewed. The authors consider the groups comparable and the results achieved in the two groups equivalent. Based on the submitted work they are convinced that casualties with fractures of the diaphysis of the humerus as part of a multiple injury are no worse looked after in their department than casualties with a single injury. Key words: fractures of the diaphysis of the humerus, polytrauma vs. monotrauma/associated injuries, comparison of results.
authors.affiliation: Urazová nemocnice, Brno.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Palarcík
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bucek
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Michek
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Vlach