Clinical Effects of the Probing Method with Depth Gauge for Determining the Screw Depth of Locking Proximal Humeral Plate

Table 2

Postoperative characteristics.

Parameters	Traditional group ()	Probing group ()	value
Complications
Humeral head necrosis, n (%)	1 (5%)	0	1.000
Screw loosening, n (%)	1 (5%)	2 (10%)	1.000
Screw penetration, n (%)	2 (10%)	0	0.468
Subacromial impingement, n (%)	0	1 (5%)	1.000
CMs			0.775
Range	53–90	59–92
Mean ± SD	76.30 ± 8.69	77.05 ± 7.73
CMs grades, n (%)
Excellent (86–100)	2 (10%)	3 (15%)
Good (71–85)	13 (65%)	13 (65%)
Moderate (56–70)	4 (20%)	4 (20%)
Poor(0–55)	1 (5%)	0
CMs fineness rate (71–100), n (%)	15 (75%)	16 (80%)	1.000

CMs: Constant and Murley score.