Cast brace treatment of fractures of the lower third of the humerus

Thirty eight patients with recent fracture of the lower third of the humerus were treated with a functional brace. Radial nerve palsy was associated in 6 patients [15.8%]. Union was achieved in 32 patients [84.2%] after an average period of 63.6 days of brace application. At the time of brace removal, all patients had a full range of elbow motion even those who developed nonunion. Six patients [15.8%] passed to nonunion. Eighteen patients healed with a varus deformity averaging 15.6. Four patients healed with anterior angulation averaging 4 and two patients healed with posterior angulation averaging 15