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. 2016 Feb 1;17:52. doi: 10.1186/s12891-016-0901-6

Table 5.

Functional outcome following revision surgery for shoulder periprosthetic infection; comparison of mean follow-up, and constant scores for each treatment modality

Author Year Number of patients Follow-up (months) Constant score
Min Max Mean Pre-op Post-op Difference
Resection arthroplasty
Coste [21] 2004 10 12 96 32 16 30 14
Weber [10] 2011 5 14 120 48 - 33
Debeer [38] 2006 7 9 - 26
Verhelst [9] 2011 11 17 101 46 - 46
Romano [30] 2012 6 24 98 41 - 32
Ghijselings [39] 2013 6 18 97 49 - 28
Total Mean (SD) 45 17 (5) 102 (10) 38 (15) 32 (7)
Single-stage arthroplasty
Coste [21] 2004 3 12 96 32 35 66 31
Ince [16] 2005 9 13 159 70 - 34
Beekman [14] 2010 11 12 36 22 39 51 12
Klattle [31] 2013 35 13 159 56 - 51
Total Mean (SD) 58 13 (1) 113 (59) 45 (22) 37 (3) 51 (13) 21 (14)
Two-stage arthroplasty
Jerosch [3] 2003 8 6 30 - 48
Coste [21] 2004 10 12 96 32 15 35 20
Weber [10] 2004 4 14 120 48 - 40
Coffey [34] 2010 12 10 29 18 16 57 41
Romano [30] 2012 17 24 98 41 - 38
Total Mean (SD) 51 13 (7) 75 (42) 35 (13) 16 (1) 44 (9) 31 (15)
Permanent spacer
Coste [21] 2004 3 12 96 32 26 38 12
Romano [30] 2012 15 24 98 41 - 34
Ghijselings [39] 2013 4 67 87 78 - 21
Total Mean (SD) 22 34 (29) 94 (6) 50 (24) 31 (9)