Assessment of surgical management for locked fracture-dislocations of the proximal humerus in patients of different ages
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Feng, Dongxu; Zhu, Yangjun; Zhang, Jun; Zhang, Kun
- Source
- Subject
- fracture dislocation
Medicine and health
internal fixation
proximal humerus
hemiarthroplasty
- Language
- English
Objectives: Locked fracture-dislocation of the proximal humerus (LFDPH) is a very severe complex injury; neither arthroplasty nor internal plating are fully satisfactory. This study aimed to evaluate different surgical treatments for LFDPH to determine the optimal option for patients of different ages. [for full text, please go to the a.m. URL]