External fixation for severe open fractures of the humerus caused by missiles

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 536-539

  Zinman, C ^a,b   Norman, D ^a   Hamoud, K ^a   Reis, N D ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

External fixation; Gunshot; Humerus; Open fractures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; INJURY SCALE; INSTRUMENTATION; ISRAEL; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OPEN FRACTURE; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOLDIER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, OPEN; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; ISRAEL; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 0031252621     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005131-199710000-00013     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. Chapman MW, Mahoney M. The role of early internal fixation in the management of open fractures. Clin Orthop 1979;138:120-131.
2. Choong PFM, Griffiths JD. External fixation of complex open humeral fractures. Aust NZ J Surg 1988:58:137-142.
3. Gustilo RB, Anderson JT. Prevention of infection in the treatment of one thousand and twenty-five open fractures of long bones: retrospective and prospective analyses. J Bone Joint Surg [Am] 1976:58:453-458.
4. Gustilo RB, Mendoza RM, Williams DN. Problems in the management of type 3 (severe) open fractures: a new classification of type 3 open fractures. J Trauma 1984;24:742-746.
5. Hinsenkamp M, Bumy F, Andrianne Y, et al. External fixation of the fractures of the humerus: a review of 164 cases. Orthopaedics 1984;7:1309-1314.
6. Kamhin M, Michaelson M, Waisbord H. The use of external fixation in the treatment of fractures of the humeral shaft. Injury 1978;9:245-248.
7. Keller A. The management of gunshot fractures of the humerus. Injury 1995;26:93-96.
8. Lenoble E, Terracher R, Kessi H, Goutallier D. Treatment of fractures of the humeral shaft using Huffman's external fixator. Rev Chir Orthop 1993;79:606-614.
9. Moed BR, Kellam JF, Foster RJ, Tile M, Hansen ST Jr. Immediate internal fixation of open fractures of the diaphysis of the forearm. J Bone Joint Surg [Am] 1986;68:1008-1017.
10. Reis ND, Zinman C, Besser M, Shifrin L, Rosen H. A philosophy of limb salvage in war: use of the fixateur externe. Milit Med 1991:156:505-520.
11. Rich NM, Netz CW Jr, Baugh JA, Hughes CW. Internal versus external fixation of fractures with concomitant vascular injuries in Vietnam. J Trauma 1971;6:463-473.
12. Ronen GM, Michaelson M, Waisbrod H. External fixation in war injuries. Injury 1974;6:94-98.
13. Smith DK, Cooney WP. External fixation of high energy upper extremity injuries. J Orthop Trauma 1990;4:7-18.
14. Wild JJ JR, Hanson GW, Bennett JB, Tullos HS. External fixation use in management of massive upper extremity trauma. Clin Orthop 1982;164:172-176.
15. Zinman C, Reis ND. External fixation in wartime limb surgery. Isr J Med Sci 1984;20:308-310.