title: [Surgical treatment of dislocated 3 and 4-segment fractures of the proximal humerus].
abstract: Twenty-eight three- and four-segment fractures of the proximal humerus were treated by plate fixation (n = 22), screw or Kirschner wire stabilization (n = 5), and primary endoprothesis (n = 1). There were no early postoperative complications. Fourteen months after the operation, 80% of the patients examined showed good results; 4 cases had poor results. In comparison to other reports our results are positive and support plate fixation as the method of choice in these situations.
authors.affiliation: Unfall-, Hand- und Wiederherstellungschirurgie, Universität Köln.
authors.forename: C P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Rader
authors.forename: H W
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Keller
authors.forename: K E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Rehm
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001860:Bone Plates; D001863:Bone Screws; D001864:Bone Wires; D005260:Female; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal / Q000379:methods*; D017102:Fracture Healing; D006801:Humans; D007595:Joint Prosthesis; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D012784:Shoulder Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*
vernacular_title: Die operative Behandlung dislozierter 3- und 4-Segment-Frakturen des proximalen Humerus.