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Appendix 1:7b. 12-11-09
Mortality, early and late complications after shoulder arthroplasty in case series of total shoulder atrhroplasty (TSA) and hemiarthrioplasty (HA)
Author, year Country Study design Number Follow-up Total mortality Complications Early complications Late
Any complication
of
during follow-up directly related to (within 3 weeks complications
shoulders
/patients
n=
surgery
after surgery)
Aldinger, 2010
Chin, 2006
Churchill, 2005
Edwards, 2002
Farmer, 2007
Germany
USA
USA
France
USA
Case series
Case series
Case series
Case series
Case series
Age
(years)
485
(6 different
implants)
67
TSA: 431
65
TSA: 128
64
TSA: 478
HA: 77
67.6
TSA: 625
HA: 369
67.7
Mean 3.5 years
(1-10 years)
Mean 4.2 years
2.5 – 5 yrs
Mean 3.6 yrs
0-6 years
2 % (n=11)
Time of death not
reported. Cause of death
“unrelated to surgery”
No data
No Data
2 % (n=12)
Time of death not
reported. Cause of death
“unrelated to surgery”
0
10 % (n=50)
12 % (n=53)
5 % (n= 6)
16 % (n=87)
No Data
No data
7 % (n=32)
No Data
4 % (n=24)
No Data
No data
5 % (n=21)
No Data
12 % (n=66)
No Data
12 % (n=56)
12 % (n=53)
5 % (n= 6)
16 % (n=90)
8 % (n=75)
Only in-hospital
complications
reported.