Treatment options for proximal humeral fractures in the older adults and their implication on personal independence.
Internal fixation
Non-operative management
Older patients
Proximal humerus fracture
Shoulder
Journal
Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery
ISSN: 1434-3916
Titre abrégé: Arch Orthop Trauma Surg
Pays: Germany
ID NLM: 9011043
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Dec 2020
Dec 2020
Historique:
received:
22
09
2019
pubmed:
1
5
2020
medline:
27
4
2021
entrez:
1
5
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
No consensus exists on the optimal treatment of proximal humeral fractures (PHFx). Uncertainty about surgical treatment in the older adults using locking plates (e.g., PHILOS) has emerged, due to a high number of complications. This study aimed to assess the impact of non-operative versus operative treatment of a PHFx on the level of self-dependence in our older population. We included patients aged over 65 years with some level of self-dependence, treated at our hospital between 5/2011 and 4/2013 for isolated PHFx of AO subtypes A2, A3, and B1 for which either non-operative or surgical treatment using a PHILOS plate had been applied. The patients were questioned, examined, or interviewed via phone; AO fracture patterns and treatment were documented as well as level of self-dependence, complications, constant score (CSM), subjective shoulder value (SSV), quality of life (EQ-5D), and shoulder pain and disability index (SPADI). Patients with PHFx of AO subtypes A2, A3, or B1 that were either treated non-operative (n = 50) or operative by insertion of the PHILOS plate (n = 63) were included. Operative-treated patients were 3.3 times as likely to lose some level of independence (95% CI 0.39-28, p = 0.271). Shoulder motion, strength, and functional outcomes tended to be lower in operative-treated patients, with adjusted differences of, - 11 CMS points (95% CI - 23 to 2), - 9 SPADI points (95% CI - 18 to 0), and - 6% in SSV (95% CI - 17 to 5). Quality-of-life EQ-5D utility index was similar in both groups (mean - 0.04; 95% CI - 0.18 to 0.10). In our study population, non-operatively treated older adults with an AO type A2, A3, B1 fracture of the proximal humerus tended to have a high chance to return to their premorbid level of independence, compared to patients treated with a locking plate. A change in the treatment algorithm for these PHFx may be carefully considered and further investigated in clinical practice.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
No consensus exists on the optimal treatment of proximal humeral fractures (PHFx). Uncertainty about surgical treatment in the older adults using locking plates (e.g., PHILOS) has emerged, due to a high number of complications. This study aimed to assess the impact of non-operative versus operative treatment of a PHFx on the level of self-dependence in our older population.
METHODS
METHODS
We included patients aged over 65 years with some level of self-dependence, treated at our hospital between 5/2011 and 4/2013 for isolated PHFx of AO subtypes A2, A3, and B1 for which either non-operative or surgical treatment using a PHILOS plate had been applied. The patients were questioned, examined, or interviewed via phone; AO fracture patterns and treatment were documented as well as level of self-dependence, complications, constant score (CSM), subjective shoulder value (SSV), quality of life (EQ-5D), and shoulder pain and disability index (SPADI).
RESULTS
RESULTS
Patients with PHFx of AO subtypes A2, A3, or B1 that were either treated non-operative (n = 50) or operative by insertion of the PHILOS plate (n = 63) were included. Operative-treated patients were 3.3 times as likely to lose some level of independence (95% CI 0.39-28, p = 0.271). Shoulder motion, strength, and functional outcomes tended to be lower in operative-treated patients, with adjusted differences of, - 11 CMS points (95% CI - 23 to 2), - 9 SPADI points (95% CI - 18 to 0), and - 6% in SSV (95% CI - 17 to 5). Quality-of-life EQ-5D utility index was similar in both groups (mean - 0.04; 95% CI - 0.18 to 0.10).
CONCLUSION
CONCLUSIONS
In our study population, non-operatively treated older adults with an AO type A2, A3, B1 fracture of the proximal humerus tended to have a high chance to return to their premorbid level of independence, compared to patients treated with a locking plate. A change in the treatment algorithm for these PHFx may be carefully considered and further investigated in clinical practice.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32350602
doi: 10.1007/s00402-020-03452-0
pii: 10.1007/s00402-020-03452-0
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Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
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