Klaus W Wendt1, Martin Jaeger2, Jan Verbruggen3, Stefaan Nijs4, Hans-Jörg Oestern5, Richard Kdolsky6, Radko Komadina7. 1. Medical Coordinator, Trauma Centre Northern Netherlands, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands. 2. Clinic for Orthopedic and Trauma Surgery, Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany. 3. Department of Trauma Surgery, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands. 4. Department of Traumatology, UZ Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. 5. Conciliation Board of Medical Liability Cases Germany, Hannover, Germany. 6. University Clinic for Trauma Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria. 7. Medical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia. radko.komadina@sb-celje.si.
Abstract
PURPOSE: The section for the skeletal trauma and sport's injuries of the European Society for Trauma and Emergency Surgery (ESTES) appointed a task force group to reach a consensus among European countries on proximal humeral fractures. MATERIAL/ METHODS: The task force group organized several consensus meetings until a paper with final recommendations was confirmed during the ESTES Executive Board meeting in Berlin on 25 October 2018. CONCLUSION: The Recommendations compare conservative and four possible operative treatment options (ORIF, nailing, hemi- and total reverse arthroplasty) and enable the smallest common denominator for the surgical treatment among ESTES members.
PURPOSE: The section for the skeletal trauma and sport's injuries of the European Society for Trauma and Emergency Surgery (ESTES) appointed a task force group to reach a consensus among European countries on proximal humeral fractures. MATERIAL/ METHODS: The task force group organized several consensus meetings until a paper with final recommendations was confirmed during the ESTES Executive Board meeting in Berlin on 25 October 2018. CONCLUSION: The Recommendations compare conservative and four possible operative treatment options (ORIF, nailing, hemi- and total reverse arthroplasty) and enable the smallest common denominator for the surgical treatment among ESTES members.
Authors: John-Erik Bell; Brian C Leung; Kevin F Spratt; Ken J Koval; James D Weinstein; David C Goodman; Anna N A Tosteson Journal: J Bone Joint Surg Am Date: 2011-01-19 Impact factor: 5.284