Prediction of humeral shaft fracture healing using the Radiographic Union Score for HUmeral Fractures (RUSHU)
The RUSHU proves to be a reliable and reproducible radiological scoring system that aids in identifying patients at risk of nonunion at both six and 12 weeks post-injury during non-surgical treatment of humeral shaft fractures. The statistically optimal cut-off values for predicting nonunion are ≤ eight at six weeks and ≤ nine points at 12 weeks post-injury.
Authors
- Antti P. Launonen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3125-0171)
- Henrik Mattila (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3656-4601)
- Teppo L. N. Järvinen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3713-956X)
- Cyrill Suter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8383-7479)
- Tuomas Lähdeoja (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9053-8888)
- Bakir O. Sumrein (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8267-8653)
- Lasse Rämö (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4154-8462)
- Thomas Ibounig (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9658-8571)
Institutions
- University of Helsinki (FI)
- Helsinki University Hospital (FI)
- Tampere University Hospital (FI)
- Tampere University (FI)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Bone & Joint Open
- Published
- 2024-11-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1302/2633-1462.511.bjo-2024-0134.r1
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Bone fractures and treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.77