Shoulder Arthroplasty

THA, total hip arthroplasty TKA, total knee arthroplasty TSA, total shoulder arthroplasty. 

Radiographic images of frontal views of shoulders before and after total shoulder arthroplasty. (A) The preoperative anatomy and (B) the placement of the humeral component can be clearly seen. The UHMWPE glenoid component in (B) is radiolucent and is evident only as a space between the humeral component and bone of the glenoid (images courtesy of Jon jP Warner, Massachusetts General Hospital). 

The number of shoulder arthroplasty procedures done yearly has grown from an estimated 5000 per year in the United States between 1990 and 1992 (Wirth and Rockwood, Jr. 1996) to around 15,000 per year between 2002 and 2003 (Jackson 2003). Of these, a substantial portion are hemiarthroplasties. The prevalence of hemiarthroplasties as a percentage of the total number of replacements ranges from 14% (Edwards et al. 2002) in a multicenter study of OA, to 65% in a study of fracture repair (Boileau et al. 2001), to 87% in the Swedish shoulder arthroplasty register started in 1999 (Rahme, Jacobsen, and Salomonsson 2(X)1). Dr. Charles Neer, II, the pioneer of tiie procedure, estimates that overall, aroimd 20% of shoulder replacements are hemiarthroplasties (2003). 

Complications with Total Shoulder Arthroplasty Ranked According to Prevalence... 

Antuna S.A., J.W. Sperling, R.H. Cofield, and C.M. Rowland. 2001. Glenoid revision surgery after total shoulder arthroplasty. Shoulder Elbow Surg 10 217-224. 

Arredondo ]., and R.L. Worland. 1999. Bipolar shoulder arthroplasty in patients with osteoarthritis Short-term clinical results and evaluation of birotational head motion. / Shoulder Elbow Surg 8 425-429. 

Boileau R, C. Trojani, G. Walch, et al. 2001. Shoulder arthroplasty for the treatment of the sequelae of fractures of the proximal humerus. / Shoulder Elbow Surg 10 299-308. 

Boileau R, C. Avidor, S.G. Krishnan, et al. 2002. Cemented polyethylene versus tmce-mented metal-backed glenoid components in total shoulder arthroplasty A prospective, double-blind, randomized study. / Shoulder Elbow Surg 11 351-359. 

Edwards T.B., A. Boulahia, J.R Kempf, et al. 2002. The influence of rotator cuff disease on the results of shoulder arthroplasty for primary osteoarthritis Results of a multicenter study. / Bone Joint Surg 84 2240-2248. 

Gerber A., N. Ghalambor, and J.J. Warner. 2001. Instability of shoulder arthroplasty Balancing mobility and stability. Orthop Clin North Am 32 661-670. 

Goldberg B.A., K. Smith, S. Jackins, et al. 2001. The magnitude and durability of functional improvement after total shoulder arthroplasty for degenerative joint disease. / Shoulder Elbow Surg 10 464r-469. 

Hayes P.R., and E.L. Flatow. 2001. Total shoulder arthroplasty in the young patient. Instr Course Lect 50 73-88. 

Hill J.M., and T.R. Norris. 2001. Long-term results of total shoulder arthroplasty following bone-grafting of the glenoid. / Bone Joint Surg 83 877-883. 

Ibarra C., D.M. Dines, and J.A. McLaughlin. 1998. Glenoid replacement in total shoulder arthroplasty. Orthop Clin North Am 29 403 13. 

Karduna A.R., G.R. Williams, J.R larmotti, and J.L. Williams. 1998. Total shoulder arthroplasty biomechanics A study of the forces and strains at the glenoid component. / Biomech Eng 120 92-99. 

Lacroix D., and P.J. Prendergast. 1997. Stress analysis of glenoid component designs for shoulder arthroplasty. Proc Inst Mech Eng [H] 211 467-474. 

Noble J.S., and R.H. Bell. 1995. Failure of total shoulder arthroplasty Why does it occur Semin Arthroplasty 6 280-288. 

Norris T.R., and J.P. lannotti. 2002. Functional outcome after shoulder arthroplasty for primary osteoarthritis A multicenter study. / Shoulder Elbow Surg 11 130-135. 

Rahme H., M.B. Jacobsen, and B. Salomonsson. 2001. The Swedish elbow arthroplasty register and the Swedish shoulder arthroplasty register Two new Swedish arthroplasty registers. Acta Orthop Scand 72 107-112. 

Rittmeister M., and F. Kerschbaumer. 2001. Grammont reverse total shoulder arthroplasty in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and nonreconstructible rotator cuff lesions. J Shoulder Elbow Surg 10 17-22. 

Rockwood C.A., Jr. 2000. The century in orthopedics—a century of shoulder arthroplasty innovations and discoveries. Orthopedics Today, Slack, Inc., February. 

Rockwood C.A., and MA. Wirth. 2002. Observation on retrieved Hylamer glenoids in shoulder arthroplasty Problems associated with sterilization by gamma irradiation in air. J Shoulder Elbow Surg 11 191-197. 

Sanchez-Sotelo J., T.W. Wright, S.W. O Driscoll, et al. 2001. Radiographic assessment of uncemented humeral comjxjnents in total shoulder arthroplasty. / Arthroplasty 16 180-187. 

Skirving A.P. 1999. Total shoulder arthroplasty—current problems and possible solutions. 

Torchia M.E., R.H. Cofield, and C.R. Settergren. 1997. Total shoulder arthroplasty with the Neer prosthesis Long-term results. / Shoulder Elbow Surg 6 495-505. 

Trail LA., and D. Nuttall. 2002. The results of shoulder arthroplasty in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. J Bone Joint Surg 84 1121-1125. 

Wirth M.A., C.M. Agrawal, J.D. Mabrey, et al. 1999. Isolation and characterization of polyethylene wear debris associated with osteolysis following total shoulder arthroplasty. J Bone Joint Surg 81 29-37. 

Worland R.L., D.E. Jessup, J. Arredondo, and K.J. Warburton. 1997. Bipolar shoulder arthroplasty for rotator cuff arthropathy. / Shoulder Elbow Surg 6 512-515. 

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