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Most surgical cases were treated by fixation with anatomical locking plate system. The calcar screw plays a role in medial support and improving varus stability. Proximal humerus fracture in elderly patients are commonly seen with greater tuberosity (GT) fracture. The GT fragment is sometimes difficult to use as an anatomic landmark for proper plate and screw position. Therefore, the insertion of pectoralis major tendon (PMT) may be used as an alternative landmark for appropriate plate and calcar screw position. The purpose of study is going to identify the vertical distance from PMT to a definite point on the position of locking plate.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>30 cadaveric shoulders at the department of clinical anatomy were performed. Shoulders with osteoarthritic change (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20095) were excluded. Finally, 25 soft cadaveric shoulders were recruited in this study. The PHILOS\u2122 plate was placed 2\u00a0mm posterior to the bicipital groove. A humeral head (HH) was cut in the coronal plane at the level of the anterior border of the PHILOS plate with a saw. A calcar screw was inserted close to the inferior cortex of HH. Distance from the upper border of elongated combi-hole (UB-ECH) to the upper border of pectoralis major tendon (UB-PMT) was measured. The plate was then moved superiorly until the calcar screw was 12\u00a0mm superior to the inferior border of HH and the distance was repeatedly measured.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>The range of distance from UB-PMT to the UB-ECH was from \u2212\u20094.50\u2009\u00b1\u20097.95\u00a0mm to 6.62\u2009\u00b1\u20097.53\u00a0mm, when calcar screw was close to inferior border of HH and when the calcar screw was 12\u00a0mm superior to the inferior border of HH, respectively. The highest probability of calcar screw in proper location was 72% when UB-ECH was 3\u00a0mm above UB-PMT.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Discussion and conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>The GT fragment is sometimes difficult to use as an anatomic landmark for proper plate and screw position. PMT can be used as an alternative anatomic reference. UB-PMT can serve as a guide for proper calcar screw insertion. UB-ECH should be 3\u00a0mm above UB-PMT and three-fourths of cases achieved proper calcar screw location.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/s13018-021-02892-7","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,1,4]],"date-time":"2022-01-04T09:03:53Z","timestamp":1641287033000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["The proximal humeral locking plate positioning to the pectoralis major tendon in achieving the proper calcar screw location: a cadaveric study"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"17","author":[{"given":"Nattha","family":"Kulkamthorn","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Naruebade","family":"Rungrattanawilai","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Thanakorn","family":"Tarunotai","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Nantaphon","family":"Chuvetsereporn","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Piyachat","family":"Chansela","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ong-art","family":"Phruetthiphat","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,1,4]]},"reference":[{"key":"2892_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"209","DOI":"10.1007\/s11657-015-0209-4","volume":"10","author":"AP Launonen","year":"2015","unstructured":"Launonen AP, Lepola V, Saranko A, Flinkkil\u00e4 T, Laitinen M, Mattila VM. 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