Objective:Toinvestigatetheindication,perioperativeannouncements,selectionofprosthesisandclinicalresultsofshoulderhemiarthroplastyforthetreatmentofcomplexproximalhumeralfractures.Methods:Atotalof55patientswhosufferedfromcom-plexproximalhumeralfracturesweretreatedbyshoulderhemiarthroplasty.Themeanagewas55.6yearsandmeanfollow-upperiodwas25.1months.Thescoringsystemmodi-ficationforhemiarthroplasty(SSMH)hadbeenadoptedforevaluationatthelatestfollow-up.Results:Thepainwasobviouslyrelievedinallpatients.Fiftypatientswerepainlessand5patientshadslightpain.Themeanrangeofmotionwas100°(90°-110°)inabduction,95°(80°-100°)inforwardflexion,35°(30°-40°)inextemalrotationandinternalrotationwasconfinedatL2level(L1-L3).ThemeanSSMHscorewas27.9(24-29).Fiftypatients(90.1%)weresatisfiedwiththeclinicaloutcome.Conclusions:Shoulderhemiarthroplastyisaneffectivemethodtotreatcomplexproximalhumeralfractures.Theproperselectionofpatientsandprosthesis,goodoperationskillandenoughfunctionalexercisearethekeypointsofsuccessfultreatment.
