Participants aged under 18 years at the time that they sustained a PHF. All clinical subtypes of PHF, as outlined by the Neer-Horowitz and AO classifications. Participants must have been diagnosed with their PHF at the WCH between 1 January 2010 and 1 June 2020, and had their definitive treatment either there, or at the private practice of WCH-coemployed orthopaedic surgeons.
| Patients whose fracture was the result of reported or suspected domestic violence, or required mandatory reporting. Patients less than 2 years of age. Patients who are unwilling to give consent. Patients who the researcher believes would be unable to participate in the study (eg, patients who are too young to provide answers in the structured questionnaire). Patients with pathological fractures of the proximal humerus. Patients who are under the guardianship of the minister.
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