Five-Year Follow-Up of Surgery vs Functional Bracing for Closed Displaced Humeral Shaft Fractures

JAMA. 2024 Apr 2;331(13):1149-1151. doi: 10.1001/jama.2024.2671.

Authors

Lasse Rämö¹, Thomas Ibounig¹, Bakir O Sumrein², Vesa Lepola², Mika Paavola¹, Simo Taimela¹, Teppo L N Järvinen¹; FISH Investigators

Affiliations

¹ Finnish Centre for Evidence-based Orthopaedics, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.
² Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland.

No abstract available

Plain language summary

This study compares outcomes of surgery and functional bracing for closed humeral shaft fractures after 5 years of follow-up.

Publication types

Comparative Study
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Braces
External Fixators*
Follow-Up Studies
Fracture Fixation* / instrumentation
Fracture Fixation* / methods
Humans
Humeral Fractures* / surgery
Humeral Fractures* / therapy
Humerus / surgery
Retrospective Studies
Treatment Outcome