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Table 2 Follow-up data of the patients

From: Minimal invasive percutaneous plate osteosynthesis (MIPPO) through deltoid-pectoralis approach for the treatment of elderly proximal humeral fractures

Characteristic

Value

MIPPO group

ORIF group

P value

Constant-Murley score

Average±SD

87.8±1.9

88.8±1.0

86.9±2.1

0.001

NEER score

Average±SD

86.5±2.2

87.4±1.2

85.7±2.6

0.019

Intraoperative blood loss(ML)

Average±SD

137.7±22.0

129.2±17.8

145.3±23.0

0.026

length of operation (minutes)

Average±SD

57.8±8.1

53.6±7.3

61.4±7.0

0.002

Union time(months)

Average±SD

4.5±1.0

4.5±1.1

4.5±1.0

0.873

VAS(Visual Analogue Score(0-10):indicates pain from minimum to maximum.)

Average±SD

3.1±1.3

3.1±1.3

3.2±1.3

0.726

The short form (36) health survey.

Average±SD

125.6±9.1

129.4±7.8

122.3±8.9

0.017

Complications

  

Incision infection(1);pneumonia(1)

Incision infection(2); decubitus(1)