http://www.healio.com/orthopedics/journals/ortho/2012-10-35-10/%7B6eb5fc06-8d30-4f6f-b92f-aad217069483%7D/centromedullary-manipulation-and-stabilization-of-completely-displaced-proximal-humerus-fractures-in-adolescents

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Centromedullary Manipulation and Stabilization of Completely Displaced Proximal Humerus Fractures in Adolescents

Biju Sankar, MS(Orth), FRCSEd(Tr&Orth); Simon Nicholson, MRes, MRCS(Eng); Philip David Henman, FRCS(Tr&Orth)

• Orthopedics
• October 2012 - Volume 35 · Issue 10: 856-860
• DOI: 10.3928/01477447-20120919-03

Abstract

Completely displaced metaphyseal fractures of the proximal humerus in older children may need reduction and stabilization. The authors describe a technique for closed reduction and intramedullary stabilization of these fractures using a centromedullary pin inserted from the distal humerus through a small distal incision...