[Internal screwed plate for recent fractures of the humeral diaphysis in adults].

Purpose Of The Study: Can medial plating of the humerus, through an antero lateral approach, diminish incidence of iatrogenic radial palsies?

Material And Methods: We carried out a prospective study of medial plating of humeral shaft fractures through an antero lateral approach between 1988 and 1997. 41 fractures were fixed, 36 were followed up for a mean period of 5.8 years.

[Value of Illizarov's method in the treatment of long bone pseudarthrosis. Apropos of a A.S.A.M.I.F series of 87 cases].

This study is the outcome of multicenter endeavour compiling 87 cases of pseudoarthrosis managed according to principles set forth by G.A. Ilizarov.

[Osteosynthesis of thalamic fractures of the calcaneus using triangulation-fixed 1/4-tube plates. Preliminary results of 32 osteosyntheses].

The authors present a new type of osteosynthesis fixture used in calcaneal thalamus fracture repair. This consists in triangulation fixation, the upper- and retromost part of the thalamus being the apex of the triangle. This is performed using 2 or 3 1/4-tube A.

[Butel's hip screw-plate in osteosynthesis of fractures of the upper end of the femur. Apropos of 241 osteosyntheses (100 true cervical fractures and 141 fractures of the trochanter)].

Butel's hip plate was used for osteosynthesis of 241 fractures of upper end of femur (100 true cervical - 141 trochanteric and subtrochanteric fractures). Results for true cervical fractures were assessed as satisfactory in 89.5% of cases, with only 3 pseudarthroses and 4 cases of femoral head necrosis (2 septic, 2 aseptic), a total complication rate of 7.

[Fractures of the lower end of the humerus in adults: influence of per- and postoperative tactics on results. Apropos of 70 osteosyntheses].

Results in 70 cases of osteosynthesis of lower end of humerus in adults were analyzed as a function of the fracture line, and the operative (approach route, type of support, attitude towards ulnar nerve transposition) and postoperative (with or without plaster immobilization) tactics. Best results were obtained in simple joint fractures (condyles, capitellum, Hahn Steinthal) with a good outcome in 89% of cases, while prognosis was poorer (68.5% of delayed good results) in more or less comminuted supra- or inter-condylar fractures (41 cases).