While humeral hemiarthroplasty is often used to treat fractures of the proximal part of the humerus, this procedure has a high failure rate because of the development of glenoid arthritis and rotator cuff deficiency due to tuberosity failure.
These authors treated 29 such patients (twenty-five women and four men) with a mean age of sixty-nine years (range, forty-two to eighty years) with removal of a hemiarthroplasty prosthesis and revision with a reverse total shoulder alone or in combination with a proximal humeral allograft.
The average total American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons score improved from 22.3 preoperatively to 52.1.
The average total American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons score improved from 22.3 preoperatively to 52.1.
The average American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons pain score improved from 12.2 to 34.4 (p < 0.001),
The average American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons function score improved from 10.1 to 17.7 (p = 0.058).
The average Simple Shoulder Test score improved from 0.9 to 2.6 (p = 0.004).
The overall complication rate was 28% (eight of twenty-nine).
Complications occurred in three of the eight patients who had been managed with an allograft-reverse total shoulder combination. One patient fell and sustained a periprosthetic humeral fracture distal to the humeral stem along with a fractured polyethylene socket at twenty months and later sustained a dislocation at twenty-five months requiring surgical revision. The second patient developed a postoperative infection that required surgical revision. The third patient had a postoperative dislocation treated non operatively.
Complications occurred in five of the twenty-one patients treated with a reverse total shoulder alone. One patient had failure of the baseplate with broken screws requiring surgical revision. A second patient had dislocation of the prosthesis at eight months requiring surgical revision. A third patient had humeral stem loosening at twenty-two months requiring surgical revision. A fourth patient underwent revision complicated by penetration of the cortex and a radial nerve palsy. The fifth patient had two dislocations and was successfully managed with closed reduction.
Comment: These results indicate the risk and complexity of revision reverse total shoulders, even in the hands of very experienced surgeons.
Comment: These results indicate the risk and complexity of revision reverse total shoulders, even in the hands of very experienced surgeons.
Furthermore, a malunited greater tuberosity and scarring of the posterior rotator cuff may block reduction and increase the risk of instability. The authors advise releasing the posterior rotator cuff from the proximal part of the humerus to enhance stability and soft-tissue balance.
In the presence of proximal humeral bone deficiency, the authors recommend consideration of a proximal humeral allograft to add rotational and structural stability.
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