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Multiple options may be equally effective in treating proximal humerus fractures

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While many proximal humerus fractures can be treated nonoperatively, different techniques, methods and prostheses can be used to treat the most serious of these injuries, according to sources.

Nearly 80% to 85% of proximal humerus fractures can be treated nonoperatively, Hannan Mullett, MD, told Orthopaedics Today Europe. Conservative treatment is the best option for elderly patients who present at his practice with proximal humerus fractures who have low functional demand and a fracture that is not reconstructable.

However, a young patient who is active and has a displaced fracture will typically have good outcomes with operative fixation, Mullett said.

Click here to read the full story in the March issue of Orthopaedics Today Europe.