Fracture of an elastic humeral nail. A case report |
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| Authors: | Smith M G Hashmi R Elsworth C F |
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| Institution: | Department of Orthopaedics, The Royal Oldham Hospital, Oldham, Lancashire, U.K. mgsmith@doctors.org.uk |
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| Abstract: | The use of elastic intramedullary nails for the treatment of diaphyseal fractures of the humerus has been associated with few complications. We report a fracture of an elastic Marchetti-Vicenzi nail used to treat a pathological fracture of the humerus. The failure of the intramedullary nail followed low-energy trauma and was presumably the end result of metal fatigue, as the original fracture had only healed after 13 months. |
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