Functional outcome after proximal humeral fractures treated with hemiarthroplasty

Description: Objective: To evaluate functional outcome after hemiarthroplasty for displaced proximal humeral frac- tures and to review whether prosthesis type, intraoperative technique or previous ipsilateral shoulder surgery could affect the outcome.
Conclusion: We conclude that soft tissue status and operative technique play an im- portant role in late postoperative pain and range of motion. Hemiarthroplasty after failed open reduc- tion and internal fixation is associated with inferior results. We were unable to show a difference in long- term outcome related to the prosthesis type.
Salah Fallatah, MD;*Geoffrey F. Dervin, MD, MSc;†Jacques A. Brunet, MD, MSc;* Anna F. Conway, MA;†Heather Hrushowy, BScN†
Can J Surg, Vol. 51, No. 5, October 2008