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Fracture humerus shaft
A 62/f,fall on hand, fracture shaft of humerus present, Is conservative treatment sufficient or need to be operated? What is the type of operation recommended?
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It's a transverse fracture ,pathological fracture has to b rule out.
What's the mode of injury? Trivial fall ?
If pathological fracture is ruled out, then she can be best managed conservatively.
Extension cast for 4 weeks followed by A/ E cast for another 6 weeks .
If pathological fracture complete bone scans, rule out secondries ,any lump in breast. Etc
Then intramedullary nail spanning whole humerus is the choice of implant with biopsy.
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Can be managed conservatively , however the alignment should be withing the acceptable limits and it will take 6-12 weeks .
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Dr. Bappaditya Sarkar
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Please post the lateral view also. Because in this view the displacement is not too much if in the lateral view also there is minimal displacement then conservative treatment can be tried
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