Ryan Lohre, Daniel P Swanson, Kuhan A Mahendraraj, Randa Elmallah, Evan A Glass, Warren R Dunn, Dylan J Cannon, Lisa Gm Friedman, Jaina A Gaudette, John Green, Lauren Grobaty, Michael Gutman, Jaquelyn Kakalecik, Michael A Kloby, Elliot N Konrade, Margaret C Knack, Amy Loveland, Joshua I Mathew, Luke Myhre, Jacob Nyfeler, Doug E Parsell, Marissa Pazik, Teja S Polisetty, Padmavathi Ponnuru, Karch M Smith, Katherine A Sprengel, Ocean Thakar, Lacie Turnbull, Alayna Vaughan, John C Wheelwright, Joseph Abboud, April Armstrong, Luke Austin, Tyler Brolin, Vahid Entezari, Grant E Garrigues, Brian Grawe, Lawrence V Gulotta, Rhett Hobgood, John G Horneff, Joseph Iannotti, Michael Khazzam, Joseph J King, Jacob M Kirsch, Jonathan C Levy, Anand Murthi, Surena Namdari, Gregory P Nicholson, Randall J Otto, Eric T Ricchetti, Robert Tashjian, Thomas Throckmorton, Thomas Wright, Andrew Jawa
BACKGROUND: Both patient and implant related variables have been implicated in the incidence of acromial (ASF) and scapular spine fractures (SSF) following reverse shoulder arthroplasty; however, previous studies have not characterized nor differentiated risk profiles for varying indications including primary glenohumeral arthritis with intact rotator cuff (GHOA), rotator cuff arthropathy (CTA), and massive irreparable rotator cuff tear (MCT). The purpose of this study was to determine patient factors predictive of cumulative ASF/SSF risk for varying preoperative diagnosis and rotator cuff status...
June 15, 2023: Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery