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Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg · Apr 2021
ReviewESTES recommendations on proximal humerus fractures in the elderly.
- Klaus W Wendt, Martin Jaeger, Jan Verbruggen, Stefaan Nijs, Hans-Jörg Oestern, Richard Kdolsky, and Radko Komadina.
- Medical Coordinator, Trauma Centre Northern Netherlands, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
- Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg. 2021 Apr 1; 47 (2): 381-395.
PurposeThe section for the skeletal trauma and sport's injuries of the European Society for Trauma and Emergency Surgery (ESTES) appointed a task force group to reach a consensus among European countries on proximal humeral fractures.Material/MethodsThe task force group organized several consensus meetings until a paper with final recommendations was confirmed during the ESTES Executive Board meeting in Berlin on 25 October 2018.ConclusionThe Recommendations compare conservative and four possible operative treatment options (ORIF, nailing, hemi- and total reverse arthroplasty) and enable the smallest common denominator for the surgical treatment among ESTES members.
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