RECOVERY DYNAMICS FUNCTIONS OF THE INJURED LIMB IN PATIENTS WITH DIAPHYSEAL FRACTURES OF THE SHOULDER.
Abstract
Fractures of the humerus, according to various authors, account for up to 13% of all skeletal injuries. Absolute indications for surgical treatment of these injuries are: open fractures, cases of polytrauma, fractures with damage to blood vessels and nerves, pathological fractures and pseudoarthrosis. A significant part of diaphyseal fractures of the humerus is subject to surgical treatment according to relative indications: ipsi- and bilateral fractures, transverse and, conversely, long spiral fractures, a combination of a fracture and some diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease. A relative indication for surgical treatment is the patient's desire to be quickly rehabilitated without the use of external uncomfortable immobilization. At the same time, if intramedullary osteosynthesis with blocking is the generally recognized “gold standard” for diaphyseal fractures of the bones of the lower extremities, then bone osteosynthesis is more often used for fractures of the humerus.
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