Management of Ballistic Injuries to the Humeral Shaft.

Hand Clin · Aug 2025 · Review

Kraenzlin F, Hartline J, Langhammer C, Pensy RA

Division of Hand Surgery, Department of Orthopaedic Traumatology, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center

Hand & Upper Extremity Orthopaedic Trauma

SUMMARY — THE REDUCTIONReview of ballistic humeral shaft fractures, whose management is largely extrapolated from nonballistic injuries, covering debridement, vascular and nerve repair, bony stabilization, compartment release, and soft tissue reconstruction.
Abstract, as published

Ballistic humeral shaft fractures are common, and management is mainly extrapolated from nonballistic injury data. Considerations for debridement, vascular repair, nerve repair, bony stabilization, compartment releases, and soft tissue reconstruction must be made for all patients who undergo operative repair.

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