Replication Study to Analyze the Surgical Treatment of Proximal Humeral Fracture (ReplPHF)

University Hospital Muenster

Status: Completed

Conditions: Proximal Humeral Fracture

Treatments: Procedure: RTSA

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06537024

Replication PHF

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study at hand aimed to analyze the replicability of the observed treatment effects in these studies published by Koeppe et al. and Stolberg-Stolberg et al.

Full description

see Protocol

Enrollment: 32,953 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• all patients will be included, who had an inpatient coded treatment using LPF or RTSA

Exclusion criteria

• Incomplete insurance status within two years before index
• Incomplete basic information
• Age<65 years
• Missing diagnosis of PHF (ICD: S42.2) within two years before surgery
• Previous surgical treatment (RTSA, LPF or other fracture fixation)
• Coded polytrauma
• Bone tumors/ bone metastasis
• Both sides or missing information of surgery side
• COVID-19 infection during index hospitalization

Trial design

32,953 participants in 2 patient groups

LPF

Description:

patients treated with locked plate fixation

RTSA

Description:

reverse total shoulder arthroplasty

Treatment:

Procedure: RTSA