The patient with following xray came for an opinion and the xray below is after one year of injury.
The patient sustained open injury which resulted in a big lacerated wound over the arm and fracture of proximal humerus.
Unable to give prior history properly, patient indicated this fixator surgery to be second , done about 4 months before the visit to me.
Ununited Fracture of Proximal Humerus With Tubular External Fixator In Place
The fracture was still not united and clinically, the fixator was loose. Te shoulder motion was restricted
The patient was advised removal of external fixator and application of the brace followed by a definitive fixation and bone grafting at a later stage.
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