Pathologic fracture of the distal humerus due to a textiloma

J Shoulder Elbow Surg. 2016 Oct;25(10):e304-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jse.2016.07.024.

Authors

Michael Maier¹, Gerhard Bratschitsch¹, Jörg Friesenbichler¹, Koppany Bodo², Andreas Leithner¹, Lukas A Holzer³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.
² Institute of Pathology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.
³ Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria. Electronic address: lukas.holzer@medunigraz.at.

PMID: 27663747
DOI: 10.1016/j.jse.2016.07.024

No abstract available

Keywords: Textiloma; gossypiboma; humerus; osteosynthesis; pathologic fracture; retained surgical gauze.