[Retracted] Functional Outcome and Inflammatory Response of Patients with Extra-Articular Distal Humeral Fractures following Implantation of Anatomically Precontoured Locking Compression Plates through a Posterior Approach

Table 2

The MEPS scores of patients with humeral fractures before and 3, 6, and 12 months after extra-articular distal humeral APLCP through posterior approaches or LPO.

Group	Before surgery	3 months after surgery	6 months after surgery	12 months after surgery
LPO (n = 50)	57.43 ± 10.35	75.43 ± 4.52	84.56 ± 4.25	91.37 ± 3.58
APLCP (n = 50)	57.62 ± 10.24	81.78 ± 4.42	91.35 ± 4.98	96.58 ± 3.35
	0.927	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001

^∗indicates statistical difference when compared with the former time point in the group.