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Traumatic right upper arm wound image.
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A previously healthy, 39-year-old female baker presented to the emergency department with a distal humerus fracture which was classified as a Cauchoix-Duparc type 3 fracture (Fig. 1, Fig. 2).
Traumatic right upper arm wound image on 25 days after admission.
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The clinical outcome was favorable with the disappearance of purulent wound drainage (Fig. 3) and she was discharged 25 days after her admission.
Bone radiograph of distal humerus on 25 days after admission.
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External fixation was removed after six weeks with a humeral nonunion repair by double external fixation (Fig. 4).