Purpose: Augmentation strategies for surgical fixation of proximal humerus fractures (PHF) are available to address their relatively high failure rate. The purpose of this study was to compare two medial-buttress augmentation strategies for PHF fixation.
Methods: A two-part PHF model with loss of medial buttress was created in 16 synthetic bones. The PHFs were fixed with locking plates and either calcium phosphate cement (CPC) or fibula strut (FS) augmentation. After cadaveric validations, the fixation constructs were subjected to nondestructive axial compression tests, followed by a cyclic test. Construct stiffness and angular displacement of the humerus head were recorded.
Results: Humeral head angular displacement was statistically greater in the CPC group than in the FS group at the applied force of 300 N and higher (p < 0.05). Axial stiffness was statistically greater in the FS fixation group than in the CPC group at initial and final phases of cyclic loading protocol (p < 0.05).
Conclusions: In an osteoporotic cadaveric model of a 2-part PHF with loss of a medial buttress, locked plate constructs augmented with FS have a higher resistance to varus collapse compared to those augmented with CPC.
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