Early results of reverse shoulder arthroplasty in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

• Published in: Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume Vol. 93; no. 20; p. 1915
• Main Authors: Young, Allan A, Smith, Margaret M, Bacle, Guillaume, Moraga, Claudio, Walch, Gilles
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 19.10.2011
• Subjects: Aged; Arthritis, Rheumatoid - diagnosis; Arthritis, Rheumatoid - surgery; Arthroplasty, Replacement - methods; Cohort Studies; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Joint Prosthesis; Male; Middle Aged; Pain Measurement; Patient Satisfaction; Postoperative Care - methods; Radiography; Range of Motion, Articular - physiology; Retrospective Studies; Severity of Illness Index; Shoulder Joint - diagnostic imaging; Shoulder Joint - surgery; Shoulder Pain - diagnosis; Shoulder Pain - etiology; Statistics, Nonparametric; Time Factors; Treatment Outcome

Rheumatoid arthritis affecting the shoulder is typically associated with rotator cuff compromise and can also result in severe glenoid erosion. Since reverse shoulder arthroplasty is capable of addressing both rotator cuff disorders and glenoid bone deficiencies, our aim was to evaluate the outcome...