Scapula Fractures After Reverse Total Shoulder Arthroplasty: Classification and Treatment

Scapula fracture and os acromiale after reverse total shoulder arthroplasty.

An 80-year-old woman underwent a right reverse total shoulder arthroplasty for cuff tear arthropathy with no complications. She was discharged 3 days after surgery with well-controlled pain. However, 6 days postoperatively, she reported the onset of excruciating pain in her right shoulder, and conventional radiographs, including an axillary radiograph, were obtained.

How does scapula motion change after reverse total shoulder arthroplasty? - a preliminary report

BACKGROUND Arm elevation is composed of glenohumeral and scapulothoracic motion. Many reports have addressed changes of scapular position across a spectrum of shoulder disease. However, no study has examined changes in scapular position after reverse total shoulder arthroplasty (RTSA). The purpose of this study was to evaluate the changes in scapular position after RTSA compared to patients' co...

How Does Scapula Motion Change after Reverse Total 1 Shoulder Arthroplasty ?

4 Myung-Sun Kim 1 , Keun-Young Lim 1 , Dong-Hyun Lee 1 and Nam-Young Cho 1* 5 6 1 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Chonnam National Uuniversity College of Medicine, 671, 7 Jebong-Ro, Dong-Gu, 501-757, Gwangju, Korea. 8 9 10 E-mail: Myung-Sun Kim [email protected]; Keun-Young Lim – [email protected]; Dong-Hyun 11 Lee – [email protected]; Nam-Young Cho * [email protected]; 12 13 14 *Corres...

Reverse Total Shoulder Arthroplasty in Proximal Humerus Fractures

Humeral-sided Radiographic Changes Following Reverse Total Shoulder Arthroplasty

Background: We sought to characterize humeral-sided radiographic changes at a minimum of 2 years after reverseshoulder arthroplasty (RSA) to determine their association with specific implantation techniques.Methods: The immediate and most recent postoperative anteroposterior radiographs of 120 shoulders with primary RSAand a minimum of 2-years of radiographic follow-up were an...