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Fig. 2 | BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Fig. 2

From: Narrow locking compression plate vs long philos plate for minimally invasive plate osteosynthesis of spiral humerus shaft fractures

Fig. 2

A 55 year-old male complained painful swelling of the upper arm after trauma. Conventional X-ray showed long spiral (Spiral wedge type, AO classification: B1) humerus shaft fracture with fracture extension to the proximal humerus (a, b). When using MIPO technique with long philos plate, the radial nerve was identified through the distal incision (c). Long humeral philos plate could fix this comminuted humeral shaft fracture adequately (d)

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BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

ISSN: 1471-2474

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