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.

PMID: 38436996
PMCID: PMC10912996 (available on 2024-09-04)
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2024.2671

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