Surgeons Team 1: Dr. Oliver Trapp (BG Unfallklinik Murnau, Germany), Alex Trompeter (St George’s University Hospital, London, UK)

Surgeons Team 2: Hobie Summers, MD (Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood) and Matthew Camuso, MD (Chest Medicine Associates, Portland)

Diagnosis: Proximal Humerus Fracture

Technique 1: Intramedullary Nailing 

Technique 2: Open reduction internal fixation/conventional/plating

Moderators: Prof. Reto Babst (Joint Medical Master & Skills Lab, Luzern, Switzerland), Michael Miranda, MD (Orthopedic Associates of Hartford, Boston, US)

This surgical battle is focusing on the treatment of proximal humerus fractures. Therefore, the two teams are comparing two different surgical techniques. Dr. Oliver Trapp and Alex Trompeter are using a nailing technique whereas Hobie Summers, MD and Matthew Camuso, MD are performing the more conventional plating. The moderators for this session are Prof. Reto Babst and Michael Miranda, MD. The surgeons describe every step of the procedures and answer the most common questions.

This session was part of the World Surgery Tour Grand Final 2021 and featured by AO and the imaging partner is Siemens Healthineers.