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Materials and Methods: 11 consecutive patients with humeral head three-part posterior fracture dislocation were treated by reduction through a posterior approach and fixed with blocked threaded wires. All patients were clinically and radiographically evaluated after a mean follow-up of 50 months. Results: The mean irCS was 86.1% (range: 70.5\u201395.3%). No significant difference was found between irCS at 6 and 12 months postoperatively and the final follow-up. Six patients noted their pain intensity as 0\/10, three as 1\/10, and two as 2\/10. The postoperative reduction was considered as excellent in eight patients (Bahr\u2019s criteria) and good in the remaining three; at the final follow-up, reduction was excellent and good in seven and four patients, respectively. The mean neck-shaft angles at FU 0 and at the final FU were 137\u00b0 and 132\u00b0, respectively. No signs of avascular necrosis, non-union, and arthritis progression were seen. No recurrence of dislocation or posterior instability symptoms were reported. Conclusions: We believe that our very satisfactory results stem from: (1) the manual reduction of the dislocation through a vertical posterior surgical approach, which does not produce further osteocartilaginous damage of the humeral head; (2) no multiple perforations of the humeral head are performed; (3) the threaded wires have a smaller diameter than the screws, therefore they preserve the bone tissue of the humeral head; (4) deperiostization or further detachment of soft tissues are not expected; (5) the adopted and validated system is stable and limits translation, torsion, and the collapse of the humeral head.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/medicina59040772","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,4,17]],"date-time":"2023-04-17T03:14:09Z","timestamp":1681701249000},"page":"772","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Humeral Head Three-Part Posterior Fracture-Dislocation Reduced through a Posterior Approach and Fixed with Blocked Threaded Wires: A Consecutive Case Series"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"59","author":[{"given":"Stefano","family":"Gumina","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Anatomical, Histological, Forensic Medicine and Orthopaedics Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Vittorio","family":"Candela","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Anatomical, Histological, Forensic Medicine and Orthopaedics Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,4,16]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1454","DOI":"10.2106\/00004623-200707000-00009","article-title":"Complex posterior fracture-dislocation of the shoulder. 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