Table 1. Study Demographics.
Author | Mean Age (Years) | Humeral Shaft Fractures | Operative | Nonoperative | Primary RNP | Energy Type | Fracture Type | Follow-Up (Years) | |||||
High | Low | Open | Closed | ||||||||||
Ekholm [4] | 56 | 361 | 283 | 78% | 78 | 22% | 33 | 9% | 79 | 322 | 8 | 353 | 8 |
Venouziou [6] | 39 | 48 | 48 | 100% | NR | 0% | 18 | 38% | NR | NR | 9 | 39 | 5.5 |
Lang [7] | 47 | 615 | 615 | 100% | NR | 0% | 55 | 9% | NR | NR | NR | NR | 1 |
Schwab [8] | 49 | 151 | 151 | 100% | NR | 0% | 20 | 13% | NR | NR | 5 | 146 | 1.2 |
Nachef [10] | NR | 373 | 373 | 100% | NR | 0% | 43 | 12% | NR | NR | NR | NR | 1.5 |
Claessen [12] | 45 | 325 | 325 | 100% | NR | 0% | 66 | 20% | 190 | 135 | 47 | 278 | NR |
Mahabier [13] | 61 | 186 | 95 | 51% | 91 | 49% | 13 | 7% | 32 | 154 | 0 | 186 | NR |
Westrick [14] | 33 | 296 | 227 | 77% | 69 | 23% | 87 | 29% | NR | NR | 99 | 197 | NR |
Wang [15] | NR | 707 | 707 | 100% | NR | 0% | NR | 0% | NR | NR | NR | NR | 5.5 |
Denard [16] | 36 | 213 | 150 | 70% | 63 | 30% | NR | 0% | NR | NR | 2 | 212 | NR |
Bumbasirevic [18] | 39 | 530 | 16 | 3% | 514 | 97% | 117 | 22% | NR | NR | 30 | 500 | NR |
Pailhe [19] | 51 | 225 | 225 | 100% | NR | 0% | 20 | 9% | NR | NR | NR | NR | 9.5 |
Grouse [20] | 43 | 85 | 85 | 100% | NR | 0% | 19 | 22% | NR | NR | 0 | 85 | NR |
Duygun [21] | NR | 24 | 24 | 100% | NR | 0% | NR | 0% | NR | NR | NR | NR | 2 |
Grass [22] | NR | 38 | 38 | 100% | NR | 0% | 15 | 39% | NR | NR | NR | NR | 2.1 |
Belayneh [24] | 49 | 175 | 77 | 44% | 98 | 5% | 25 | 14% | NR | NR | 1 | 174 | 1 |
Sarmiento [25] | 36 | 620 | NR | 0% | 620 | 100% | 76 | 12% | 378 | 242 | 155 | 465 | 8.6 |
Total or Weighted Mean | 44 | 4972 | 3439 | 69% | 1533 | 31% | 607 | 12% | 679 | 853 | 356 | 2635 | 3.3 |