Completeness of Proximal Humeral Fracture Reoperation
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Background: The Swedish Fracture Register (SFR) was started in 2011 at Sahlgrenska University Hospital (SUH). Since then, proximal humeral fractures (PHF) have been consecutively registered. Reoperation is considered a complication and is an important objective quality measurement after orthopaedic surgery. The completeness of registrations in the SFR regarding reoperations/late surgery of PHF was unknown. Aim: The aim of the study was to validate the completeness of surgical treatment for PHF with focus on reoperations. Methods: The study design was retrospective. Patients ≥ 16 years treated at SUH were included. Data from the SFR between 2011 and 2016 was extracted. Each personal identity number was searched for in the surgery planning program. If a missed surgical procedure was found, the medical records were reviewed for further information. Missed procedures were retroactively registered in the SFR. A new extract of the SFR was then retrieved and used for completeness calculation of different variables for reoperations. Results: Data from 3,910 PHF registrations were included in this study. The completeness of reoperation registration was 62.0 %. The completeness for registrations of all surgical procedures was 89.0 %. The highest registration rates were achieved by specialists in orthopaedics focusing on fracture care (70.8 %). Arthroscopies were the procedures with the lowest completeness (12.5 %). The completeness for registering reoperations showed higher figures during 2016 (76.9 %) than 2012 (32.4 %). Conclusions: This study presents a high overall completeness of registrations for PHF surgery, but a lower completeness for reoperation registrations. The reoperation completeness was in line with a previous degree project of tibial fractures at SUH from 2018. Retroactive registration of missed surgical procedures has been conducted, which will enable further studies of PHF at SUH.