Effectiveness and Cost-effectiveness of Surgical Treatment of Humeral Shaft Fractures. Randomized Controlled Trial

Exclusion Criteria

• •Bilateral humeral shaft fracture
• •A significant concomitant trauma of the same upper extremity that warrants operative treatment (fracture, tendon injury, soft tissue trauma)
• •Other fracture or abdominal/thoracal trauma that warrants operative treatment
• •Open fracture
• •Pathological fracture
• •Multi-trauma patient
• •Vascular injury
• •Plexus injury
• •Previous trauma in the same upper extremity that causes functional deficit
• •Trauma or condition that warrants use of walking aid (crutches, wheelchair etc)
• •Disease that affects significantly general condition of the patient
• •Significantly impaired ability to co-operate for any reason (substance abuse, mental disorder, dementia)
• •Unwilling to accept both treatment methods