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Case 102: Fracture of the Humerus Treated Initially with a Flexible Intramedullary Nail and Later Converted to Circular External Fixation due to Non-union

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A fifteen year old male with a Gustilo-Anderson type II open distal shaft fracture of the humerus treated initially by irrigation with debridement, ulnar nerve exploration, and intramedullary flexible nail internal fixation that was converted to circular external fixation due to nonunion.

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  1. Center for Excellence in Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction, Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children, 2222 Welborn Street, Dallas, TX, 75219, USA

    Lane Wimberly, Alexander Cherkashin & Mikhail Samchukov

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  1. Limb Lengthening and Complex Reconstruction Service, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, New York, USA

    S. Robert Rozbruch

  2. Shriners Hospital and Montreal Children Hospital, Division of Paediatric Orthopaedics, Shriners Hospital and Montreal Children Hospital, Division of Paediatric Orthopaedics, Montreal, Québec, Canada

    Reggie C. Hamdy

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Wimberly, L., Cherkashin, A., Samchukov, M. (2015). Case 102: Fracture of the Humerus Treated Initially with a Flexible Intramedullary Nail and Later Converted to Circular External Fixation due to Non-union. In: Rozbruch, S., Hamdy, R. (eds) Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction Surgery Case Atlas. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18020-5_262

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