Table I.
Postoperative complications by sex and type of arthroplasty
| Sex |
Arthroplasty |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Female patients | Male patients | P value | TSA | RTSA | P value | |
| Complications (excluding periprosthetic fractures and acromial or scapular stress fractures) | ||||||
| Glenoid or humeral loosening | 28 | 9 | .03∗ | 28 | 9 | <.01∗ |
| Instability | 10 | 10 | .48 | 7 | 13 | .24 |
| Infection | 3 | 12 | <.01∗ | 7 | 8 | .91 |
| Neuropathy | 2 | 3 | .42 | 4 | 1 | .15 |
| Pulmonary embolism | 0 | 1 | .39 | 0 | 1 | .61 |
| Stroke | 0 | 1 | .39 | 0 | 1 | .61 |
| Myocardial infarction | 1 | 0 | .75 | 0 | 1 | .61 |
| Total | 44 | 36 | .61 | 46 | 34 | .09 |
| Periprosthetic fractures and acromial or scapular stress fractures | 26 | 7 | .01∗ | 3 | 30 | <.01∗ |
TSA, total shoulder arthroplasty; RTSA, reverse total shoulder arthroplasty.
∗
Statistically significant.