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Staple augmentation to treat a humeral nonunion after failed Seidel locked nailing

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Seidel locked nailing has been successfully used to treat a humeral shaft fracture or nonunion. However, if union fails despite this treatment, the next approach to try has not been well defined. We, therefore, developed a technique using a staple to enforce the local stability without removing the failed nail. The technique was very simple, and the outcome was always satisfactory.

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  1. Department of Orthopedics, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, 5 Fu-Hsin St. 333, Kweishan, Taoyuan, Taiwan, , , , , , TW

    C.-C. Wu, C.-H. Shih, W.-J. Chen & C.-L. Tai

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  1. C.-C. Wu
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Received: 24 February 1998

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Wu, CC., Shih, CH., Chen, WJ. et al. Staple augmentation to treat a humeral nonunion after failed Seidel locked nailing. Arch Orth Traum Surg 118, 42–44 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s004020050308

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