Morbidity and mortality of surgically treated pathologic humerus fractures compared to native humerus fractures.

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery
Troy B AmenAntonia F Chen

Abstract

Despite an increasing prevalence of patients sustaining pathologic fractures of neoplastic origin, few studies have investigated 30-day postoperative complication profiles after surgical treatment of pathologic humerus fractures. The purposes of this study were to use a large nationally representative database to determine short-term complication profiles after surgical treatment of pathologic humerus fractures and assess how these complications compared with more commonly studied native humerus fractures. Using the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program database, we identified 30,866 patients who underwent surgical treatment for either pathologic (n = 449) or native humerus fractures (n = 30,417) from 2007 to 2017. Thirty-day postoperative complication profiles were ascertained and compared between the 2 groups using χ2 analyses. Three logistic regression models were then performed to determine which complications were primarily attributable to the pathologic fracture itself vs. the increased comorbidity burden faced by these patients. Patients with pathologic humerus fractures experienced significantly higher rates of death (6.0% vs. 0.3%, P < .001), serious adverse events (12.2% vs. 3.7%, P < .001), minor complication...Continue Reading

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