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Mortality After Complex Displaced Proximal Humerus Fractures in Elderly Patients: Conservative Versus Operative Treatment With Reverse Total Shoulder Arthroplasty.

Dani RotmanOrnit GiladiAdi Berliner SendereyAlison DallichOleg DolkartAssaf KadarEran MamanOfir Chechik
Published in: Geriatric orthopaedic surgery & rehabilitation (2018)
There was no significant difference in 1-year mortality between the groups, although there was a trend showing lower mortality with RTSA, mostly in men. Further studies with larger populations and longer follow-up times are needed to determine whether this trend is of clinical significance.
Keyphrases
  • cardiovascular events
  • risk factors
  • coronary artery disease
  • cardiovascular disease
  • type diabetes
  • middle aged