OBJECTIVES: To assess the clinical, functional and radiologic results of the minimally invasive percutaneous plate technique in the humerus. DESIGN: Retrospective study. SETTING: University-affiliated hospital center. @entity1 / @entity1 : Eighty-six skeletally mature @entity1 with humeral diaphyseal @entity174 requiring surgical stabilization. INTERVENTION: Treatment with locking compression plates using the minimally invasive percutaneous plate technique. MAIN OUTCOME MEASUREMENTS: Cadaveric study: distance between the plate and the @entity531 . Clinical outcome measurements included @entity174 , @entity4542 , @entity281 , and elbow and shoulder discomfort. Radiographic measurements were time to healing, alignment, and nonunion. RESULTS: The minimum follow-up in all cases was 12 months, and all @entity174 except three healed. The main complications found were nonunion (three) and transitory @entity4542 (three). The @entity1 recovered almost complete elbow and shoulder range of motion with 98% presenting good results; no @entity1 had implant failure. CONCLUSIONS: The results obtained with this technique are encouraging. The technique was associated with no shoulder @entity158 and an almost complete restitution of strength and articular range of motion. Within 6 months, 96% of the @entity1 returned to their normal activities.

Treatment of XXXX with the minimally invasive percutaneous plate (MIPPO) technique: a cadaveric study and clinical results.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'patient', 'PATIENTS', 'PARTICIPANTS'] @entity174 :: ('MESH:D050723', 'Disease') :: ['fractures', 'fracture healing'] @entity281 :: ('MESH:D007239', 'Disease') :: ['infection'] @entity158 :: ('MESH:D010146', 'Disease') :: ['pain'] @entity531 :: ('MESH:D013901', 'Disease') :: ['neurovascular structures'] @entity4542 :: ('MESH:D020425', 'Disease') :: ['radial nerve palsy']
@entity174 :: (MESH:D050723,Disease) :: ['diaphyseal humeral fractures']
