The treatment of displaced proximal humerus fractures is challenging and complex, as its success is predicated on multiple factors. While it is clear that a majority of proximal humerus fractures may ...

About 80 percent of proximal humerus fractures are non-displaced (not out of position), and these can almost always be treated in a sling. Typical treatment is to rest the shoulder in the sling for ...

Readers should not conclude that all patients with displaced fractures of the proximal humerus have equal outcomes after sling treatment compared with surgery.

Proximal humeral fractures can be treated conservatively with an arm sling, pain management, and supportive care. While surgery is rarely necessary, some severe fractures, including badly displaced ...

A proximal humerus fracture usually occurs close to the shoulder joint and ... Nonoperative treatment is usually with a sling or shoulder immobilizer with no shoulder mobility for the first two weeks.

A doctor will advise when a person can discard the sling and start performing rehabilitation exercises. A proximal humerus fracture will often take between 6 and 12 weeks to heal. With this type ...

randomized trial that examines outcomes following open reduction and internal fixation of complex proximal humeral fractures. Patients were randomized to strict sling use for 4 weeks ...

Non-displaced proximal humerus fractures are usually managed non-operatively despite ... humerus fracture treated non-operatively with collar and cuff and orthopaedic sling. The patient did not ...

In this cohort study based on a nationwide register, we analysed the trends for surgical treatment of proximal humeral fractures in the entire adult Finnish population. The main finding was that ...

Proximal humerus fractures account for 5% of all fractures ... who can remain in their sling, backward 45 degrees over the cassette. If the amount of displacement cannot be determined by ...

Proximal humeral fractures can be treated conservatively with an arm sling, pain management, and supportive care. While surgery is rarely necessary, some severe fractures, including badly ...