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. 2025 Oct 3;96:755–762. doi: 10.2340/17453674.2025.44796

Table 3.

Absolute and relative measures of all-cause mortality and serious adverse events for the surgical indications in 14,186 shoulder patients and 141,860 matched cohort participants

Surgical indication Shoulder patients Matched cohort Unadjusted Adjusted
n (%) IR (CI) n (%) IR (CI) IRR (CI) IRR a (CI)
30-days mortality
 Total 86 (0.6) 20.3 (16.4–25.0) 401 (0.3) 9.4 (8.6–10.4) 2.2 (1.7–2.7) 2.0 (1.6–2.5)
  Fracture 68 (1.2) 41.0 (32.3–52.0) 4.3 (3.4–5.6) 3.5 (2.7–4.6)
  OA and CTA 8 (0.2) 3.6 (1.8–7.2) 0.4 (0.2–0.8) 0.4 (0.2–0.8)
  Other 10 (0.9) 28.9 (15.6–53.7) 3.1 (1.6–5.7) 2.5 (1.3–4.7)
30-days SAE
 Total 307 (2.2) 73.5 (65.7–82.2) 629 (0.4) 14.8 (13.7–16.0) 5.0 (4.3–5.7) 4.6 (4.0–5.3)
  Fracture 166 (3.0) 102.1 (87.7–118.9) 6.9 (5.8–8.2) 5.9 (5.0–7.1)
  OA 61 (1.2) 39.8 (31.0–51.2) 2.7 (2.1–3.5) 3.1 (2.4–4.0)
  CTA 50 (2.2) 73.5 (55.7–97.0) 5.0 (3.7–6.6) 3.7 (2.8–5.0)
  Other 30 (2.6) 87.9 (61.4–125.7) 5.9 (4.1–8.5) 4.8 (3.3–7.0)
90-days mortality
 Total 197 (1.4) 15.6 (13.5–17.9) 1,107 (0.8) 8.7 (8.2–9.2) 1.8 (1.5–2.1) 1.7 (1.4–1.9)
  Fracture 146 (2.6) 29.6 (25.1–34.8) 3.4 (2.9–4.0) 2.8 (2.3–3.3)
  OA 15 (0.3) 3.2 (2.0–5.4) 0.4 (0.2–0.6) 0.5 (0.3–0.8)
  CTA 8 (0.4) 3.9 (1.9–7.7) 0.4 (0.2–0.9) 0.3 (0.2–0.7)
  Other 28 (2.4) 27.2 (18.8–39.4) 3.1 (2.2–4.6) 2.7 (1.9–3.9)
90-days SAE
 Total 470 (3.3) 37.9 (34.7–41.5) 1,731 (1.2) 13.7 (13.1–14.3) 2.8 (2.5–3.1) 2.6 (2.3–2.8)
  Fracture 264 (4.7) 55.1 (48.8–62.2) 4.0 (3.5–4.6) 3.5 (3.1–4.0)
  OA 91 (1.78) 19.9 (16.2–24.4) 1.5 (1.2–1.8) 1.6 (1.3–2.0)
  CTA 73 (3.2) 36.1 (28.7–24.4) 2.3 (2.1–3.3) 2.0 (1.6–2.5)
  Other 42 (3.6) 41.8 (30.9–56.5) 3.1 (2.2–4.2) 2.6 (1.9–3.5)
1-year mortality
 Total 507 (3.6) 10.0 (9.2–10.9) 4,444 (3.1) 8.7 (8.5–9.0) 1.2 (1.1–1.3) 1.1 (1.0–1.2)
  Fracture 341 (6.1) 17.4 (15.7–19.3) 2.0 (1.8–2.2) 1.6 (1.5–1.8)
  OA 50 (0.9) 2.7 (2.0–3.5) 0.3 (0.2–0.4) 0.4 (0.3–0.5)
  CTA 34 (1.5) 4.1 (2.9–5.7) 0.5 (0.3–0.7) 0.3 (0.2–0.5)
  Other 82 (7.1) 20.2 (16.3–25.1) 2.3 (1.9–2.9) 2.1 (1.6–2.6)

CI: 95% confidence interval; CTA: rotator cuff tear arthropathy; IR: incidence rate per 100,000 person-days; IRR: incidence rate ratio per 100,000 person-days. OA: osteoarthritis.

a

Adjusted for sex, age, and Charlson comorbidity index.