Young S. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2013. doi:10.2106/JBJS.L.00302.
Reverse shoulder arthroplasty performed better than hemiarthro- plasty in an elderly population with rotator cuff-deficient shoulders, researchers in New Zealand concluded recently.
“In this unselected population with rotator cuff tear arthropathy, controlled for age, sex, and [American Society of Anesthesiologists] ASA score, reverse shoulder arthroplasty resulted in a functional outcome that was superior to that of hemiarthroplasty,” Simon W. Young, FRACS, and colleagues wrote. “Longer term follow-up is needed to confirm these findings.”
Young and colleagues examined data from the New Zealand Joint Registry and compared 102 patients undergoing primary hemiar- throplasty for rotator cuff tear arthropathy to 102 patients with rotator cuff tear arthropathy who were undergoing reverse shoulder arthroplasty. They utilized the Oxford Shoulder Score (OSS) and ASA score and compared mortality rates, revision rates and shoulder outcomes in both groups.
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