| Methods |
Patients "randomly either underwent ORIF (open reduction and internal fixation) using a fixed‐angle locked plate and iliac crest bone graft ... or only had open reduction and fixed‐angle locked plate fixation ... ." |
| Participants |
40 people with comminuted proximal humeral fractures (however, "patients with evidence of arthrosis or a clinical follow‐up shorter than 12 months were excluded") |
| Interventions |
1. Locking plate and an autologous crest bone graft
2. Locking plate only |
| Outcomes |
Length of follow‐up: mean 25 months, range 13 to 48 months
Range of motion, pain, SF‐36, return to previous activities or occupation, complications, time to union was also recorded. |
| Notes |
Queries on allocation method and donor site complications and morbidity sent 22 May 2015 |
