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Fractures of the humeral shaft are a serious and fairly common problem with an incidence expected to triple in the next three decades partly due to an ageing population. These injuries often occur in a bimodal distribution with peaks primarily in young male patients and a larger peak in older females from 60–80 years of age. We present a case of an elderly female patient that describes a rare outcome of bone union in a failed fixation done for a humeral shaft fracture, a situation rarely reported in literature to the best of our knowledge.
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Andronic, A., Weusten, A. & Harrison, J. Anatomic healing of a humeral shaft fracture despite failure of plate fixation—locking plates are a good idea. Eur Orthop Traumatol 6, 471–473 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12570-015-0290-6
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