Abstract | PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to record the incidence and management of periprosthetic humeral fractures (PHF) using reverse total shoulder arthroplasty (RTSA) in our institution. METHODS: We performed a retrospective study of 203 RTSA implanted in 200 patients between 2003 and 2014. The mean follow-up was 78.82 months (range, 12-141). Mean age of the study cohort was 75.87 years (range, 44-88). There were only 25 male patients (12.5 %). We assessed the presence of periprosthetic humeral fractures studying the medical files and X-rays of all patients. RESULTS: We identified seven periprosthetic humeral fractures in 203 RTSA (3.4 %): three intra-operative (1.47 %) and four post-operative (1.97 %). The average age at the time of the fracture was 75.14 years (59-83). All patients were women (100 %). Three patients with post-operative fractures type B were treated by osteosynthesis, and one patient with post-operative fracture type A was treated conservatively. All intra-operative fractures needed cerclage wire and in one case long cemented stem. All our periprosthetic fractures healed. CONCLUSIONS: Surgical treatment with osteosynthesis in type B post-operative fractures with a stable stem is recommended. Conservative treatment is sufficient in non-displaced type A post-operative fracture. Special attention should be paid to bone quality patients using non-cemented stems in primary surgery but especially in revision shoulder surgery.
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Authors | Carlos García-Fernández, Yaiza Lópiz-Morales, Alberto Rodríguez, Luis López-Durán, Fernando Marco Martínez |
Journal | International orthopaedics
(Int Orthop)
Vol. 39
Issue 10
Pg. 1965-9
(Oct 2015)
ISSN: 1432-5195 [Electronic] Germany |
PMID | 26318881
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Topics |
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Arthroplasty, Replacement
(adverse effects)
- Cohort Studies
- Female
- Fracture Fixation, Internal
- Humans
- Humeral Fractures
(epidemiology, etiology, surgery)
- Incidence
- Joint Diseases
(surgery)
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Periprosthetic Fractures
(epidemiology, etiology, surgery)
- Reoperation
- Retrospective Studies
- Shoulder Injuries
- Shoulder Joint
(surgery)
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