ABSTRACT
The Academician G.A. Ilizarov Russian Research Center "Reconstructive Traumatology and Orthopedics" treated 40 patients with double humeral fractures. On examining their X-ray films, the patients were divided into groups according to the location of an intercalated fragment. The Eletto procedure was used to estimate the levels of fractures. Comparison of the X-ray morphometric studies, the diagram of the humeral architectonics, and clinical observations revealed a relationship between the time of consolidation and the location of an intercalated fragment, which is explained by the degree of preservation of the latter's intramedullary blood flow. While treating patients with double fragments of the shoulder, it is expedient to use the Eletto index to determine the levels of the fragments.
