Comparison of the Effects of Proximal Humeral Internal Locking System (PHILOS) Alone and PHILOS Combined with Fibular Allograft in the Treatment of Neer Three‐ or Four‐part Proximal Humerus Fractures in the Elderly

Abstract

For Neer three- or four-part PHF in the elderly patients, PHILOS fixation with fibular allograft shows satisfactory short-term results with respect to humeral head support and maintenance of reduction, and may reduce the incidence of complications associated with fixation using a PHILOS alone.