I read the very useful and interesting paper ‘‘Extracorporeal Shock-Wave Therapy Com- pared with Surgery for Hypertrophic Long-

Cacchio et al. I would like to know whether the method can be used for nonunions of the shaft of the humerus because only ‘‘femur,’’ ‘‘tibia,’ ’ ‘‘ulna,’ ’ and ‘‘radius’ ’ are listed in Table I. Humeral nonunion is not included in the exclusion criteria. Moreover, a radiograph of a humeral nonunion is shown on page 2594. Does that patient belong to the randomized group or is this just an illustrative case