title: Preliminary results from osteosynthesis using Ender nails by means of a percutaneous technique, in humeral diaphysis fractures in adults.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To demonstrate the clinical and functional results from treatment of humeral diaphysis fractures using Ender nails.
  
  
  METHODS
  Eighteen patients who underwent osteosynthesis of humeral diaphysis fractures using Ender nails were evaluated. In addition to the clinical and radiographic evaluations, patients with a minimum of one year of follow-up were assessed by means of the Constant, American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons (ASES), Mayo Clinic and Simple Shoulder Value (SSV) functional scores, and in relation to the degree of satisfaction with the final result. The fixation technique used was by means of an anterograde percutaneous route.
  
  
  RESULTS
  All the patients achieved fracture consolidation, after a mean of 2.9 months (ranging from 2 to 4 months). The mean Constant score was 85.7 (ranging from 54 to 100) and the mean ASES score was 95.9 (ranging from 76 to 100). All the patients achieved the maximum score on the Mayo Clinic scale.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Fixation of humeral diaphysis fractures using Ender nails by means of a percutaneous technique was shown to be a method with promising preliminary results.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Ortopédico (HO), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil ; Hospital Belo Horizonte (HBH), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil ; Hospital Lifecenter (HLC), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
authors.forename: Glaydson Gomes
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Godinho
authors.affiliation: Hospital Ortopédico (HO), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil ; Hospital Lifecenter (HLC), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
authors.forename: Flávio de Oliveira
authors.initials: Fde O
authors.lastname: França
authors.affiliation: Hospital Ortopédico (HO), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil ; Hospital Belo Horizonte (HBH), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
authors.forename: José Márcio Alves
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Freitas
authors.affiliation: Hospital Lifecenter (HLC), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
authors.forename: Flávio Márcio Lago
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.affiliation: Hospital Ortopédico (HO), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil ; Hospital Belo Horizonte (HBH), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil ; Hospital Lifecenter (HLC), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
authors.forename: Guilherme de Almeida Sellos
authors.initials: Gde A
authors.lastname: Correa
authors.affiliation: Hospital Ortopédico (HO), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil ; Hospital Belo Horizonte (HBH), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil ; Hospital Lifecenter (HLC), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
authors.forename: Lucas Russo
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Maia
keywords: Humeral fractures; Internal fixation of fractures; Intramedullary fixation of fractures