1Orthopedic Surgery Department Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
2El Helal Hospital, Cairo, Egypt
Fractures of the humeral shaft are commonly encountered by orthopaedic surgeons, accounting for approximately 3% of all fractures.
The present study aims to analyze and compare both the techniques interms of functional and radiological outcome.
The present prospective study conducted at Al helal hospital between December 2014 to December 2016, compared two groups of patients (n=20, n=20, total n=40) with either DCP or IMN. The results were compared both radiologically and clinically. The functional outcome was assessed using the constant score.
Our results failed to establish convincingly that either technique is superior to other.
Nailing and plating have equal functional outcomes in cases with shaft humerus fracture.
Trauma, fracture humerus, intramedullary nail
