RT Journal
A1 Court-Brown, Charles M.
A1 McQueen, Margaret
T1 Open Reduction and Internal Fixation of Proximal Humeral Fractures with Use of the Locking Proximal Humerus Plate
JF The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery
JO The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery
YR 2009
FD November 1
VO 91
IS 11
SP 2771
OP 2771
DO 
UL http://dx.doi.org/
AB 
We read the article "Open Reduction and Internal Fixation of Proximal Humeral Fractures with Use of the Locking Proximal Humerus Plate. Results of a Prospective, Multicenter, Observational Study" (2009;91:1320-8), by Südkamp et al., with interest. The authors have written yet another paper on the advantages and disadvantages of a locking proximal humeral plate and, while we have no doubt that the study was performed well, we believe that they sidestepped the real issue, which is who should be treated with these plates.