Tratamiento de las fracturas diafisarias de húmero mediante osteosíntesis con placa

Twenty-three humeral diaphyseal fractures were treated by open reduction and internal fixation using AO plating technique between 1991 and 1999. All but one fracture healed at an average of 94 days. The results were evaluated according to the criteria of Brumback. The 90 per cent of the cases had excellent or good results. The most important postoperative complication was transient radial-nerve palsy in three cases. All radial nerve palsies recovered between 45 days and 108 days. Internal fixation using plating technique give good results and provide predictable methods for achieving fracture stabilization and ultimate healing.