Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
Table 2 Most common procedures for open proximal humerus fractures
Procedure | n | |
|---|---|---|
Procedure | ORIF | 662 |
Arthroplasty | 68 | |
Shoulder hemiarthroplasty | 59 | |
Reverse shoulder arthroplasty | 5 | |
Total shoulder arthroplasty | 4 | |
Open reduction without internal fixation | 33 | |
Internal fixation without reduction | 28 | |
Closed reduction without internal fixation | 26 | |
External fixation | 22 | |
Amputation through humerus | 9 | |
Other/not coded | 565 | |
Total | 1413 |