A method of treatment of non-union of humeral shaft fractures following treatment by locked intramedullary nail: a report of three cases.
Locked intramedullary nailing is a useful treatment of humeral shaft fractures for specific indications. The published rate of non-union after this treatment varies from zero’,” to 50 per cent3. When present it can be very difficult to treat”. We believe that torsional instability at the fracture site due to nail design may contribute to the failure of union. Three cases are shown in which the operative findings support this proposition. Application of a plate across the fracture site and over the nail, together with bone grafting, produced clinical stability and union in each case.
This is a descriptive study in a qualitative perspective, with the objective to understand the meaning of humanization assistance for a group of eight (8) nurses working in the Intensive Care Units in Cuiaba-MT. The data had been collected through semi structured interviews, from july to august 2005, oriented by the following questions: How do you see the question of the humanization? How is this humanization in your UTI? The analysis was based on thematic analysis technique and was accomplished through three thematic points: the work of the nursing in UTI; the meaning of the humanization and the reality of the humanization in the UTIs studied. Despite the nurses recognized the importance of giving an integral assistance, they still have daily work with innumerable difficulties to accomplish a humanized assistance.