Table 3.

Outcomes and Complications of Shoulder Arthroplasty in the United States: 2009–2011

	Anatomic Total Shoulder Arthroplasty*	Hemiarthroplasty	Reverse Shoulder Arthroplasty**	Revision Upper Extremity Arthroplasty
Mortality	0.03%	0.28%	0.24%	0.06%
Length of stay± (days)	2.1 (1.4)	3.3 (3.8)	2.6 (2.4)	2.7 (2.7)
Complications
Pulmonary embolism	0.10%	0.41%	0.06%	0.06%
Post-operative infection or would complications	0.0%	0.14%	0.78%	0.72%

^*includes only patients coded as anatomic total shoulder arthroplasty in 2011

^**includes only patients coded as having reverse shoulder arthroplasty in 2010 and 2011

^±Mean ± Standard Deviation

n for missing: 9 for mortality for total shoulder arthroplasty; 11 for mortality for hemiarthroplasty; 1 for reverse shoulder arthroplasty