Treatment Reality of Proximal Humeral Fractures in the Elderly—Trending Variants of Locking Plate Fixation in Germany

Abstract

Within an overall decrease of LPF by approximately one-third, there is both an absolute and relative increase of treatment variants. Collectively, they account for 20% of all coded LPFs, which might indicate more personalized treatment pathways. The leading variant was additional fracture fixation using cerclages.