PURPOSE: Open reductions and internal fixations are currently being used the most in surgeries of humeral shaft fractures. However, there are some limitations such as invasive techniques and formation of many operation scars. To overcome these limitations, a minimally invasive plate osteosynthesis has been recently introduced. However, this has technical limitations such as deep dissections of the distal portion and narrowness of the fixation space. To address these problems, we designed another introductory technique of a minimally invasive osteosynthesis and we have examined the clinical usefulness of that. METHODS: The results were retrospectively analyzed with 83 @entity1 who visited @entity11225 hospital due to a humeral shaft fractures and who had undergone the above said surgery from the beginning of 2010 to the end of 2012. The @entity1 were divided into two groups: @entity1 treated by the MIPO technique using the newly designed dual approaches (group A) and @entity1 treated by open reduction and plating internal fixation (group B). RESULTS: There was no significant difference in mean duration of injury, the mean @entity174 union time, range of motion and @entity15003 for group A and B. There was no statistical significance between the two groups. However, the occurrence of iatrogenic @entity4542 in group B, was significantly higher than in group A. CONCLUSIONS: MIPOs using the dual approaches on the adult humerus shaft @entity174 show an excellent bony union without @entity128 which is clinically useful.

Newly designed minimally invasive plating of a humerus shaft XXXX ; a different introduction of the plate.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity174 :: ('MESH:D050723', 'Disease') :: ['fracture'] @entity11225 :: ('3623', 'Gene') :: ['INHA'] @entity128 :: ('MESH:D020209', 'Disease') :: ['nerve injury'] @entity15003 :: ('5276', 'Gene') :: ['MEPI'] @entity4542 :: ('MESH:D020425', 'Disease') :: ['radial nerve palsy']
@entity174 :: (MESH:D050723,Disease) :: ['fracture']
