Surgical versus non‑surgical treatment of proximal humerus fracture in patients aged 50–65 years: young shoulder CARE (displaCed proximAl humeRus fracturE) trial—a pragmatic randomized controlled trial study protocol
Line Houkjær, Antti P Launonen, Bakir O Sumrein, Laura Kärnä, Zaid Issa, Kenneth Brian Holtz, Stig Brorson · 2025
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Description
Line Houkjær and co-authors set out in 2025 the plan for a trial on broken upper arm bones near the shoulder. Such breaks are common after age fifty, often on weak bone. Trials in older patients found surgery no better than care without it, but proof for ages fifty to sixty-five is thin.
The trial will assign sixty patients by chance to surgery or to care without surgery. Staff will check them at set points over a year, with shoulder scores as the main measure. Patients who decline the draw can join a side group that is tracked in the same way. The results should guide a hard choice for this age band.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Line Houkjær, Antti P Launonen, Bakir O Sumrein, Laura Kärnä, Zaid Issa, Kenneth Brian Holtz, Stig Brorson |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 40 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |