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Evidence-based recommendations for an appropriate surgical procedure after PHF requires transparent and valid safety data. We performed a systematic review to examine reported terms and definitions of complications after surgically-treated PHFs.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n<jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>A literature search was conducted on PubMed, Cochrane Library, EMBASE, Scopus and WorldCat to identify clinical articles and book chapters on complications of PHF published from 2010 to 2017. Complication terms and definitions were extracted from each selected article independently by two reviewers and grouped according to a predefined scheme.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n<jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>From 1376 initial references, we selected 470 articles, of which 103 were reviewed in reverse chronological order until no further information was gained. Twelve book chapters were reviewed. We found 667 local event terms associated with complications after surgical treatment of PHFs. The most frequently used event terms were infection (52 references), nonunion (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u200942), malunion (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u200935), avascular necrosis (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u200927) and pain (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u200925). Overall, 345, 177, 257 and 102 local event terms were related to plating, nailing, arthroplasty and other surgical techniques, respectively. Radiological assessment was the basis for the majority of event terms and complication definitions. Thirty-six event definitions were extracted, mostly defining the terms \u201csecondary fracture displacement\u201d, \u201cscrew perforation\/cutout\u201d, \u201cmalunion\u201d, \u201cdelayed healing\u201d and \u201cnotching\u201d.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n<jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>Scientific literature on surgically-managed PHF uses different terms to describe complications and without approved definitions, which highlights a lack of agreement on adverse event terminology for PHFs. Defined event terms are mostly based on radiological observations. Consensus among shoulder surgeons on a core event set is indispensable to support the standardization of safety reporting for surgically-treated PHFs.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/s12891-020-03353-8","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,5,26]],"date-time":"2020-05-26T18:04:28Z","timestamp":1590516268000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":15,"title":["Complications after surgical management of proximal humeral fractures: a systematic review of event terms and definitions"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"21","author":[{"given":"N.","family":"Alispahic","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"S.","family":"Brorson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"C.","family":"Bahrs","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"A.","family":"Joeris","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"A.","family":"Steinitz","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"L.","family":"Audig\u00e9","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,5,26]]},"reference":[{"issue":"4","key":"3353_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"365","DOI":"10.1080\/000164701753542023","volume":"72","author":"CM Court-Brown","year":"2001","unstructured":"Court-Brown CM, Garg A, McQueen MM. 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