Figure 3.

(a) A lower third humerus nonunion in a 47-year-old patient treated by Rush rod fixation combined with a modified Ilizarov fixator and autogenous bone graft (The nonunion developed after an open fracture sustained in a blast injury with radial nerve paralysis treated previously by tendon transfers). (b, c) Photographs of the same patient showing the functional use of the arm during treatment with the fixator in place. (d) A radiograph shortly before fixator removal shows incorporation of the graft