The End Results of the Proximal Part Fractures of the Humerus in Sixty-Six Cases over the Age of Sixty Years

• Published in: Orthopedics & Traumatology Vol. 34; no. 1; pp. 59 - 63
• Main Authors: Kobayashi, Keizo, Hattori, Masahiro, Miyashita, Tokuo, Otsuka, Takanobu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: West-Japanese Society of Orthopedics & Traumatology 1985
• ISSN: 0037-1033; 1349-4333
• DOI: 10.5035/nishiseisai.34.59

Sixty-six patients with fractures of the proximal part of the humerus, attended our clinic between 1979 and 1983, were reviewed. The fractures were subgrouped according to Neer's classification. Fifty-five of these cases were treated conservatively, and eleven were treated surgically. The end results were evaluated according to Rowe's criteria. In this series as a rule eighty-six per cent achieved good or exceelent results. All cases in group I had good or excellent results. These cases were usually expected to have satisfactory results with a triangular sling followed by physiotherapy. In group III four cases of unreducible fractures were treated by percutaneous pinning using Kirschner wires. And these cases had better results than the non-operative cases.