Antegrade Humeral Lengthening With the Motorized Internal Lengthening Nail

Humerus lengthening with internal lengthening nails (ILNs) has been used with success to avoid complications associated with lengthening using external fixators (eg, soft tissue tethering). ILNs can be used in skeletally mature patients with humeral shortening who have an intramedullary canal wide enough to fit the nail, and who has no active infection. Associated deformity (angular or rotational) can be corrected acutely using the ILN as long as it would be tolerated by the neurovascular structures.
Source: Techniques in Orthopaedics - Category: Orthopaedics Tags: Symposium Source Type: research