Trauma Women's

Nicole Williams BMed, FRACS Orthopaedics and Trauma, Women's and Children's Health Network, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Contribution: Resources, Supervision, Writing - review & editing Search for more papers by this author

Introduction Proximal humerus fractures (PHFs) in children are relatively rare, occurring with an incidence of 6.8 fractures/10 000 children per year.1 As with most paediatric fractures, the majority are treated non-operatively with good results.2 However, the management of severely displaced PHFs has been the subject of considerable debate over the past 60 years, especially in adolescents who have relatively limited remodelling potential.2-9 This study is a retrospective review of functional...