CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Rev Bras Ortop (Sao Paulo) 2023; 58(02): 265-270
DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1749416
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Ombro e Cotovelo

Functional Shoulder Evaluation after Osteosynthesis of Greater Tuberosity Fracture: Is There any Influence of Glenohumeral Dislocation?[*]

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1   Grupo de Ombro e Cotovelo, Departamento de Ortopedia, Reumatologia e Traumatologia, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp), Campinas, SP, Brasil
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Renato Mason Rodrigues da Cunha
1   Grupo de Ombro e Cotovelo, Departamento de Ortopedia, Reumatologia e Traumatologia, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp), Campinas, SP, Brasil
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Sérgio de Paula Coelho
1   Grupo de Ombro e Cotovelo, Departamento de Ortopedia, Reumatologia e Traumatologia, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp), Campinas, SP, Brasil
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Rafael Mulati Brigatto
2   Hospital Estadual Sumaré, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp), Campinas, SP, Brasil
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Márcio Alves Cruz
3   Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp), Campinas, SP, Brasil
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Maurício Etchebehere
1   Grupo de Ombro e Cotovelo, Departamento de Ortopedia, Reumatologia e Traumatologia, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp), Campinas, SP, Brasil
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Abstract

Objective To evaluate the postoperative functional and radiographic outcomes of the shoulder of patients submitted to transosseous suturing of a greater tuberosity fracture (GTF) through an anterolateral route and the influence of the glenohumeral dislocation on these outcomes.

Methods We conducted a retrospective study and functional assessment using the Constant-Murley score. The distance between the greater tuberosity and the joint surface of the proximal humerus (in true anteroposterior radiographs) after the union was calculated. We used the Fisher exact test for the categorical independent variables, and the Student t or Mann-Whitney test for the non-categorical variables.

Results In total, 26 patients met the inclusion criteria, and 38% of the sample presented an association between glenohumeral dislocation and GTF. The mean Constant-Murley score was of 82.5 + 8.02 points. The presence of an associated dislocation did not alter the functional outcome. The mean distance between the greater tuberosity of the humerus and the joint surface of the humeral head after the union was of 9 ± 4.3 mm below the articular line of the humeral head. The dislocation led to a lower level of reduction, but this did not influence the Constant-Murley score.

Conclusion The cases of GTF submitted to surgical treatment with transosseous sutures had good functional outcomes. The presence of dislocation made the anatomical reduction of the greater tuberosity difficult. However, it did not influence the Constant-Murley score.

Financial Support

The authors declare that the present study did not receive financial support from public, commercial, or non-profit sources.


* Study developed at the Department of Orthopedics, Rheumatology and Traumatology, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, São Paulo–SP, Brazil.




Publication History

Received: 10 July 2021

Accepted: 05 April 2022

Article published online:
06 June 2022

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