Inclusion criteria | Exclusion criteria |
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• Age: ≥60 years, or female postmenopausal • 2-part fracture according to AO-classification (Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Osteosynthesefragen): AO 11-A3 • Signed informed consent • Patient can read and understand German | • Refusal to participate in the study • Not Independent • Dementia and/or institutionalized • Does not understand written and spoken guidance German • Pathologic fracture or a previous fracture of the same proximal humerus • Alcoholism or drug addiction, e.g., in the emergency department, breathalyzer indicates blood alcohol concentration of more than 2 % • Other injury to the same upper limb requiring surgery • Major nerve injury (e.g., complete radial- or axillary nerve palsy) • Rotator cuff tear arthropathy • Open fracture • Multi-trauma or -fractured patient • Fracture dislocation or head-splitting fracture • Non-displaced fracture • Isolated fracture of the major or minor tubercle • Any medical condition that excludes surgical treatment • Pregnancy |