Complications of Marchetti locked nailing for humeral shaft fractures

In this retrospective study 50 humeral fractures (36 acute, 6 pathological fractures and 8 non-unions) were treated by retrograde locked bundled Marchetti nailing. No intraoperative complications occurred. Postoperative complications included 7 non-unions (4/36 acute fractures and 3/8 delayed union)...

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Published in:International orthopaedics 1999-12, Vol.23 (6), p.320-324
Main Authors: SIMON, P, JOBARD, D, BISTOUR, L, BABIN, S. R
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Biological and medical sciences
Bone Nails
Female
Fracture Fixation, Intramedullary - instrumentation
Fractures, Spontaneous - diagnostic imaging
Fractures, Spontaneous - surgery
Fractures, Ununited - diagnostic imaging
Fractures, Ununited - surgery
Humans
Humeral Fractures - diagnostic imaging
Humeral Fractures - surgery
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Original Paper
Orthopedic surgery
Postoperative Complications
Radiography
Retrospective Studies
Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases
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Summary:In this retrospective study 50 humeral fractures (36 acute, 6 pathological fractures and 8 non-unions) were treated by retrograde locked bundled Marchetti nailing. No intraoperative complications occurred. Postoperative complications included 7 non-unions (4/36 acute fractures and 3/8 delayed union), and 2 intraarticular penetrations of the secondary nails. However, at the subsequent removal of the implant 5 supracondylar fractures occurred.
ISSN:0341-2695
1432-5195
DOI:10.1007/s002640050382