SAN FRANCISCO — Although locking nails and locking plates had similar DASH scores in treatment of proximal humerus fractures, results presented here showed patients who received locking nails had more complications and reoperations.
Annette K. B. Wikerøy, MD, and colleagues randomly assigned 76 patients with displaced three- or four-part proximal humerus fractures to receive either a locking intramedullary (IM) nail (n=38) or a locking plate (n=38). Wikerøy said the DASH score was used as the primary endpoint. Secondary endpoints included the Oxford shoulder score, Constant