05 March 2022 : Clinical Research
Conversion from Spanning External Fixation to Open Reduction Internal Fixation Contributes to Healing of Soft Tissues and Fractures in Open Distal Humeral Fractures
Kaige Ma1ABCDEFG, Donghua Huang1BC, Chunqing Meng1E, Hong Wang1E, Zengwu Shao1E, Huimin Liu2C*, Dehao Fu13ADOI: 10.12659/MSM.934488
Med Sci Monit 2022; 28:e934488
Figure 2 (A) Anteroposterior and (B) lateral images of the injured right elbow showing the well-healed elbow wound when the distal humeral fractures were stabilized by uniplanar external fixation following debridement on day 10 after injury. The red arrow indicates the wound from the motor vehicle accident. Postoperative elbow function. One year after internal fixation, the patient’s (C) elbow flexion and (D) extension function images were presented when the elbow joint internal fixation plates were removed.