Short-term Complications for Proximal Humerus Fracture Surgery Have Decreased: An Analysis of the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Database

CONCLUSION: The increasing utilization of RTSA and decreasing short-term complication rates for fixation and arthroplasty alike represent a substantial change compared even with recent historic norms in the management of proximal humerus fractures. Quantifying demographics, injury characteristics, and comorbidities associated with both the choice of surgical modality and complications serves as the groundwork for decision support tools, which can inform patients and surgeons of the probability...