The proximal humerus fracture – a lost cause?

Time to give up on the proximal humerus fracture? The image is CC by Crouchy99.

Time to give up on the proximal humerus fracture? The image is CC by Crouchy99.

Most orthopaedic surgeons have met patients with poor shoulder function after a proximal humerus fracture, and many of us have thought: if I’ve only done the other thing I was thinking of…. Unfortunately the outcome seems to be independent of what we do, at least according to Launonen et al’s meta-analysis and Rangan et al’s recent RCT on 250 patients. Continue reading