Abstract
BACKGROUND: The humerus shaft fracture is the second most common fracture of the upper extremity. The predominant causes of humerus shaft fractures include low energy trauma such as fall from a standing height in older population, while in the younger population it is caused by high energy trauma.
 Aims and Objectives - To investigate the effectiveness of economical MIPPO technique and to determine the radiological and functional significance of MIPPO technique in the patients undergoing treatment for recent fracture shaft of humerus.
 MATERIALS AND METHODS: A prospective study had been carried out from December 2012 to August 2014 in the Orthopaedics Department of SSKM Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Thirty three patients, who presented with fracture shaft of humerus and underwent fixation of humeral shaft fractures by MIPPO technique were included in this study. Complete history was taken and full clinical examination was carried out.
 RESULTS: The average age group in our study is 35.3 years. Of them 85% are male and 15% are female. In majority cases, mode of injury was road traffic accident. 85% cases had middle 1/3rd fracture shaft of humerus and the average time interval between the injury and surgery was 8.54 days.
 CONCLUSION: The results obtained in this study have shown that the MIPPO technique is safe, convenient and effective, since there was minimal soft tissue injury with no major complications.
 KEYWORDS: Minimally Invasive Percutaneous Plate Osteosynthesis (MIPPO); Road Traffic Accident (RTA).
Highlights
The humerus shaft fracture is the second most common fracture of the upper extremity
Aims and Objectives - To investigate the effectiveness of economical Minimally Invasive Percutaneous Plate Osteosynthesis (MIPPO) technique and to determine the radiological and functional significance of MIPPO technique in the patients undergoing treatment for recent fracture shaft of humerus
Thirty three patients, who presented with fracture shaft of humerus and underwent fixation of humeral shaft fractures by MIPPO technique were included in this study
Summary
The humerus shaft fracture is the second most common fracture of the upper extremity. The predominant causes of humerus shaft fractures include low energy trauma such as fall from a standing height in older population, while in the younger population it is caused by high energy trauma. Thirty three patients, who presented with fracture shaft of humerus and underwent fixation of humeral shaft fractures by MIPPO technique were included in this study. Mode of injury was road traffic accident. 85% cases had middle 1/3rd fracture shaft of humerus and the average time interval between the injury and surgery was 8.54 days. CONCLUSION: The results obtained in this study have shown that the MIPPO technique is safe, convenient and effective, since there was minimal soft tissue injury with no major complications.
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