2016
DOI: 10.1016/j.jse.2015.07.015
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Proximal humerus fragility fractures: recent trends in nonoperative and operative treatment in the Medicare population

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“…Han et al 3 reported an increase in the frequency of conservative management with advancing age. Elderly patients are more likely to receive conservative management because of lower physical and social functional demands and a greater presence of comorbidities.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Han et al 3 reported an increase in the frequency of conservative management with advancing age. Elderly patients are more likely to receive conservative management because of lower physical and social functional demands and a greater presence of comorbidities.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…It is well established that proximal humeral fractures are more frequently sustained by elderly women, owing to a greater incidence of osteopenia and osteoporosis. 3 In a retrospective study of 259,506 fractures of the proximal humerus, 79% of the patients were women. 3 Maravic et al 8 reported a female-to-male ratio of 3:1 for the incidence of this injury.…”
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“…Die primäre Versorgung mit einer inversen Prothese war lange betagten Patienten mit geringem Anspruch an das funktionelle Ergebnis vorbehalten. Jedoch werden gerade in neuerer Zeit aufgrund ermutigender Ergebnisse zunehmend inverse Versorgungen auch bei jüngeren, z. T. berufstätigen Patienten vorgenommen [34]. So empfiehlt Lill (persönliche Mitteilungen 2016) die primäre Implantation einer inversen Prothese durchaus auch bei 50-jährigen Patienten.…”
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“…Das Patientenalter und der Aktivitätsgrad des Patienten sind neben dem Erfahrungsgrad des Chirurgen, Repositionsmöglichkeit der Fraktur und operativer Präferenz Entscheidungsfaktoren der operativen Vorgehensweise. Bis heute liegt keine ausreichende Evidenz vor, die die beste Behandlung von proximalen Humerusfrakturen unterstützt [8]. Etwa 21 % aller proximalen Humerusfrakturen werden operativ versorgt [9].…”
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