[Restorative treatment in fractures of the surgical neck of the humerus].

The treatment of 234 patients with fractures of the surgical neck of the humerus was analyzed. The conservative treatment was used in 181 of them, 53 patients were treated surgically. Satisfactory and good results were equally observed after both conservative and surgical treatment (92,5% and 96,9% respectively). However, bad results were obtained following the conservative treatment more often (in 9 of 181 patients). The surgical treatment gave bad results in 1 of 53 patients.