The Relationship of Multiplanar Distal and Uniplanar Proximal Interlocking Screws to Neurovascular Structures with the Depuy Synthes Humeral Nail-EX: An Anatomic Study

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma
Garrett SteinmetzLindsay Hickerson

Abstract

To determine the proximity of neurovascular structures to multiplanar distal interlocking screws and proximal interlocking devices for an antegrade inserted humeral nail. Humeral nails (Depuy Synthes Humeral Nail-EX, Paoli, PA) were inserted into 10 matched cadavers with 3 distal interlocking trajectories: anterior to posterior (A-P), anterolateral to posteromedial, and anteromedial to posterolateral (AM-PL). The distance of the screw path and screw head to the radial, lateral antebrachial cutaneous nerve (LACN), and median nerves and the brachial artery was measured. Proximally, the distance of spiral blades and/or interlocking screws to the axillary nerve was measured. The median distance of the screw path/screw head inserted (A-P) to the LACN was 0 mm/0 mm in the left arm and 3.5 mm/1.6 mm in the right arm. The median distance of the screw path/screw head inserted AM-PL to the median nerve was 7.08 mm/0 mm in the left arm and 0 mm/0.12 mm in the right arm. The median distance of the screw path/screw head inserted AM-PL to the brachial artery was 4.05 mm/3.83 mm in the left arm and 2.19 mm/2.84 mm in the right arm. The humeral head was radiographically divided into 3 zones. The average distances of the axillary nerve to inter...Continue Reading

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