Table 1 Reasons for patient exclusion. 190 patients were included for final analysis
Excluded from all outcomes (39 patients) | Not invited to complete OSS (43 patients) |
|---|---|
• Primary treatment delayed more than 3 weeks (15 patients) | • Deceased (23 patients) |
• Surgery performed due to non-union following conservative treatment (8 patients) | • Considered non-compliant (dementia/alcoholism/drug abuse) (11 patients) |
• Isolated fracture of the greater tuberosity (5 patients) | • A concomitant fracture in the same upper extremity (4 patients) |
• Neurovascular injury at presentation (2 patients) | • Patients with pre-existing shoulder complaints (3 patients) |
• Open fracture (2 patients) | • Did not speak Norwegian (2 patients) |
• Other reasons (7 patients) |