TY  - JOUR
T1  - Distal Humeral Fractures in Adults
AU  - Nauth, Aaron
AU  - McKee, Michael D.
AU  - Ristevski, Bill
AU  - Hall, Jeremy
AU  - Schemitsch, Emil H.
Y1  - 2011/04/06
N1  - 10.2106/JBJS.J.00845
JO  - The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery
SP  - 686
EP  - 700
VL  - 93
IS  - 7
N2  - Distal humeral fractures in adults are relatively uncommon injuries that require operative intervention in the majority of cases.Dual plate fixation, with placement of a separate strong plate on each column and orientation of the plates either at 90° or 180° to each other, is indicated for all adult fractures involving both columns of the distal part of the humerus.Acute total elbow arthroplasty is the preferred treatment for elderly patients with a displaced, comminuted, intra-articular distal humeral fracture that is not amenable to stable internal fixation.Displaced coronal shear fractures of the distal humeral articular surface require operative fixation, most typically via a lateral approach.
SN  - 0021-9355
M3  - doi: 10.2106/JBJS.J.00845
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.2106/JBJS.J.00845
ER  -