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Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 2 Comparison between type C fractures and total population

From: Anatomically reduced fixation should always be considered when treating B and C proximal epiphyseal humeral fractures

Type C

Total (n = 36)

DiPHOS (n = 20, 55.6%)

SMR (n = 16, 44.4%)

p value

Age, years

66.1 ± 6.2 (50–75)

64.1 ± 6.7 (50–75)

68.8 ± 4.4 (60–75)

 

Abduction

144.8 ± 31.6° (60–180°)

151 ± 25.5° (90–180°)

137.1 ± 37.4° (60–180°)

0.197

Elevation

145.8 ± 29.3° (90–180°)

150 ± 26.3° (80–180°)

136.8 ± 31.2° (90–180°)

0.102

External rotation

37.2 ± 12.0° (10–60°)

38 ± 11.0° (20–60°)

36.2 ± 13.6° (10–60°)

0.672

Internal rotation

L2

T10 (T7–buttock)

Sacrum (T7–buttock)

 

CMS

66.2 ± 20.3 (26–99)

74.8 ± 20.4 (31–99)

57.1 ± 14.6 (26–74)

0.003

OSS

39.6 ± 10.4 (13–48)

40.9 ± 10.3 (20–48)

38.1 ± 10.6 (13–48)

0.425

SST

8.3 ± 2.6 (2–12)

9.4 ± 2.2 (4–12)

6.9 ± 2.5 (2–11)

0.004

SSV

2.5 ± 2.6 (0–8)

0.8 ± 0.15 (0.4–1)

0.7 ± 0.1 (0.3–0.95)

0.281

VAS

2.0 ± 2.3 (0–8)

1.7 ± 1.9 (0–7)

3.5 ± 3 (0–8)

0.034