J Korean Fract Soc.  1998 Jan;11(1):16-21.

Seidel Interlocking Intramedullary Nailing for Humerus Fractures

• Moon WN
• Ahn JY

Abstract

From retrospective review of 26 humerus fractures treated by Seidel interlocking intramedullary nailing, 17 complications in nine patients(35%) were occurred: two delayed unions, three malunions, two infections, one distraction of fracture gap, two additional fragmentations, two failures in proximal interlocking screw insertion, three distal locking mechanism failures and two proximal protrusions of nail. Functional assessment was carried out an all patients at a mean follow up 13 months(9-23 months). The results were ten excellent, twelve good, two fair and two poor. These results show that there are considerable problems at present in the use of the seidel interlocking nail.

Keyword

Humerus fracture; Seidel interlocking nail

MeSH Terms

Follow-Up Studies
Fracture Fixation, Intramedullary*
Humans
Humerus*
Retrospective Studies