71 year old man with rotator cuff tear arthropathy - 11 year followup after CTAA

 A 71 year old man presented with pain in his right shoulder. While he had weakness of his shoulder, he had retained active elevation to 140 degrees. His preoperative images show severe cuff tear arthropathy with a large humeral cyst.

He wished to avoid a reverse total shoulder and instead opted for a cuff tear arthropathy arthroplasty (see this link).

He came by the office for a routine followup eleven years after his surgery. He reported no problems with his right shoulder and had full active elevation.

His eleven year postoperative radiograph is shown below.

Comment: The cuff tear arthropathy arthroplasty is a useful alternative to reverse total shoulder in patients with preserved active elevation. Impaction autografting of a standard humeral stem avoided any issues with his large humeral cyst.

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