Plate or Arthroplasty for complex Mason Type-III Radial Head Fractures? Mid-to-long term results from a blinded outcome assessor study.

Background: The surgical treatment of radial head fractures like Mason type III comminuted radial head fractures is challenging and controversial. Whether to use open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF) or radial head arthroplasty (RHA) as treatment methods is under constant debate.

Methods: We retrospectively analyzed clinical and radiographic mid- to long-term results of 42 patients with a mean follow-up time of 4.