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. 2013 Dec 10;472(5):1589–1596. doi: 10.1007/s11999-013-3400-1

Table 4.

Multivariate analysis of likelihood of complication with incidence

Group Likelihood of the following complications
Numbness/nerve injury Perioperative fracture Infection Component failure
OR (95% CI) % OR (95% CI) % OR (95% CI) % OR (95% CI) %
Surgical group
Total shoulder arthroplasty (n = 225) 0.25 (0.09, 0.67)* 4.5 Undefined 0 0.24 (0.09, 0.62)* 4.9 0.20 (0.07, 0.56)* 3.6
Reverse total shoulder arthroplasty (n = 176) 0.23 (0.08, 0.68)* 4.2 1.72 (0.37, 8.01) 6.6 0.33 (0.13, 0.84)* 6.6 0.61 (0.25, 1.50) 10.1
Revision (n = 51) Reference 15.7 Reference 3.9 Reference 17.7 Reference 15.7
ASA score group
 1–2 (n = 281) 0.38 (0.17, 0.85)* 3.6 0.50 (0.17, 1.52) 2.2 0.95 (0.45, 2.00) 6.7 0.31 (0.15, 0.65)* 4.3
 3–4 (n = 171) Reference 9.0 Reference 4.2 Reference 7.2 Reference 12.7

* Statistically significant; includes revision to total shoulder arthroplasty (n = 11) and revision to reverse total shoulder arthroplasty (n = 40); OR = odds ratio; ASA = American Society of Anesthesiologists.