Purpose: To review one surgeon's experience with a novel type of "hybrid" locking plate (which has both 3.5mm and 4.5mm locking holes) for difficult fractures of the meta-diaphyseal humeral shaft.
Methods: Over a 2-year period, 24 patients who presented with a metaphyseal humeral fracture or nonunion (proximal or distal) were treated surgically by a single surgeon. A "hybrid" locking plate containing 3.5mm locking holes on one end and 4.5mm locking holes on the other end (Metaphyseal plate, Synthes, Paoli, Pa) was used in all patients. The selection of this implant was based on fracture location and bone quality. Fractures were operated on through an anterolateral or direct posterior approach. All fractures were secured with a minimum of three 4.5mm screws on one side of the fracture and three 3.5mm screws on the other side. All patients were treated with a similar post-operative protocol for early range of shoulder and elbow motion.
Results: Three patients were lost to follow-up. The cohort consisted of 15 women and 6 men with a mean age of 49 years (range 18-78). There were 14 acute fractures and 7 nonunions. Twelve fractures involved the distal metaphyseal segment and 9 involved the proximal metaphyseal segment. Twenty-two patients completed a minimum 6-month clinical and radiographic follow-up and form the basis for this report. All 21 patients healed their fractures or nonunions at a mean of 4.5 months. There were no infections or hardware failures. In every case the "hybrid" nature of the plate design was felt to be advantageous.
Conclusion: This "second generation" metaphyseal locking plate, which affords the surgeon the ability to place a greater number of smaller calibre screws within a short bone segment, while using traditional large fragment screw fixation in the longer segment, is clearly an improvement in plate design. Meta-diaphyseal upper extremity long bones may serve as the most ideal location for this implant.
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