Primary Exploration of Radial Nerve is Not Required for Radial Nerve Palsy while Treating Humerus Shaft Fractures with Unreamed Humerus Nails (UHN)
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Primary Exploration of Radial Nerve is Not Required for Radial Nerve Palsy while Treating Humerus Shaft Fractures with Unreamed Humerus Nails (UHN)
BACKGROUND Today, humerus nails have become the surgical method of choice in the treatment of humerus shaft fractures. Whether or not the radial nerve should be intraoperatively examined by default in case of primary paresis is currently under discussion. PATIENTS AND METHODS Clinical findings from 38 patients with humeral shaft fractures surgically treated with unreamed humerus nail (UHN) at...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Open Orthopaedics Journal
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1874-3250
DOI: 10.2174/1874325001105010319