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. 2019 Nov 12;11(4):427–435. doi: 10.4055/cios.2019.11.4.427

Table 1. Demographic Data in the Literature on Acromial Fracture after RTSA.

Study Journal Level of evidence No. of shoulders No. of fractures Incidence (%) Diagnosis before RTSA Prosthesis RTSA approach
Gillespie et al. (2015)7) OCNA IV 64 1 1.6 Grammont-style (1 / 64) Anterosuperior (1 / 45)
Deltopectoral (0 / 19)
Kennon et al. (2017)12) JSES III 318 9 2.8 Equinoxe (9 / 318) Deltopectoral (9 / 318)
Lopiz et al. (2015)15) RECOT III 122 4 3.3 CTA (4) Superolateral (3 / 89)
Deltopectoral (1 / 33)
Stephens et al. (2015)17) JSES IV 32 2 6.3 Failed HA (2) Delta Xtend (2 / 32) Deltopectoral (2 / 32)
Mulieri et al. (2010)16) JBJS IV 60 2 3.3 MRCT (1) RSP (2 / 60) Deltopectoral (1 / 60)
Teusink et al. (2014)18) JSES III 1,018 32 (FU, n = 25) 3.1 CTA (17) RSP (32 / 1018) Deltopectoral (32 / 1,018)
Failed RCR (3)
Failed TSA (3)
Failed HA (2)
Hattrup (2010)9) Orthopedics III 125 9 7.2 CTA (6) Delta III (6 / 81) Deltopectoral (9 / 125)
RA (2) TM (3 / 44)
MRCT (1)
Hattrup et al. (2012)10) JHS IV 19 3 15.8 RA or inflammatory arthritis with Sjögren syndrome (4) Delta III (1 / 8)
TM (2 / 7)
Aequalis (0 / 2)
RSP (0 / 2)
Ladermann et al. (2009)13) JSES IV 47 2 4.3 Aequalis (2 / 47) Deltopectoral (2 / 47)
Walch et al. (2009)20) JSES III 416 4 1.0 CTA (2)
Revision HA (1)
Failed coracoid transfer with RCT (1)
Hess et al. (2018)11) Orthopedics IV 95 3 3.2 MRCT (3) Delta Xtend (3 / not recorded) Deltopectoral (3 / 95)
Levy et al. (2013)14) JBJS III 157 16 10.2 Failed TSA (1), HA (1) RSP (16 / 157) Deltopectoral (16 / 157)
CTA (10)
RA (2)
Nonunion proximal humerus fracture (1)
Acute four-part fracture (1)
Hamid et al. (2011)8) AJO IV 162 8 4.9 CTA (7) Aequalis (not recorded) Deltopectoral (8 / 162)
Irreparable RCT (1) TM (not recorded)
Wahlquist et al. (2011)19) JSES IV 97 5 5.2 Failed RCR (3) Aequalis (1 / 5) Deltopectoral (5 / 97)
Failed TSA (1) Delta III (2 / 5)
MRCT (1) Delta Xtend (1 / 5)
TM (1 / 5)
Dubrow et al. (2014)6) Orthopedics III 125 14 11.2 Aequalis (14 / 125) Deltopectoral (14 / 125)

RTSA: reverse total shoulder arthroplasty, OCNA: Orthopedic Clinics of North America, JSES: Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, RECOT: Revista Espanola de Cirugia Ortopedica y Traumatologia, CTA: cuff tear arthropathy, HA: hemiarthroplasty, JBJS: Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, MRCT: massive rotator cuff tear, RSP: reverse shoulder prosthesis, RCR: rotator cuff repair, TSA: total shoulder arthroplasty, RA: rheumatoid arthritis, TM: trabecular metal, JHS: Journal of Hand Surgery, RCT: rotator cuff tear, AJO: American Journal of Orthopedics.