The Augment of the Stability in Locking Compression Plate with Intramedullary Fibular Allograft for Proximal Humerus Fractures in Elderly People

Figure 5

The schematic diagram of the major effect of fibular allograft (the fracture line marked by red color). (a) The picture presented a coronal plane of elderly osteoporotic PHF. The bone volume in humeral head was nearly empty; (b) the PHF was treated by LCP alone; (c) the retroversion of humeral head, medial, and upward shift of the greater tuberosity, and the humeral head varus occurred due to lack of enough support effect; (d) the PHF was treated by LCP with fibular allograft, and the fibular allograft could provide enough support effect, and the arrows showed the support effect for humeral head, greater tuberosity, and medial cortical bone.

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