Minimally invasive plate osteosynthesis with PHILOS plate for proximal humerus fractures.

Objectives: The aim of the present study was to evaluate results, including clinical and radiological outcomes and number of complications, following minimally invasive plate osteosynthesis (MIPO) of proximal humerus fractures, using the PHILOS® proximal humerus internal locking system (Synthes Holding AG, Solothurn, Switzerland).

Methods: Retrospectively evaluated were 31 patients treated with MIPO (12 male, 19 female; average age: 58.4 years).

Displaced supracondylar humeral fractures in children: open reduction vs. closed reduction and pinning.

Introduction: In the literature the best results for pediatric supracondylar humerus fractures have been achieved by closed reduction and wire fixation. However, in these reports the patient group of open reduction and pinning contained the patients who had had previous ineffective closed reduction trials. This retrospective study compared open and closed reduction with pinning, in which the first group of patients was all consecutively treated with open reduction.