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. 2022 Aug 12;101(32):e29896. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000029896

Table 3.

Complications, length of stay, and cost of osteoarthritis patients with or without rotator cuff deficiencies undergo TSA or RSA.

Variables With rotator cuff deficiency Without rotator cuff deficiency
TSA RSA P value OR (95% CI) TSA RSA P value OR (95% CI)
Mechanical complication of implant 6 (0.27) 4 (0.18) 0.7536 0.67 (0.19–2.36) 8 (0.17) 29 (0.63) 0.0007 3.64 (1.66–7.97)
Nervous system complications 1 (0.05) 1 (0.05) 1 1 (0.06–16) 5 (0.11) 5 (0.11) 1 1 (0.29–3.46)
Cardiac complications 10 (0.45) 9 (0.41) 1 0.9 (0.36–2.22) 18 (0.39) 25 (0.54) 0.3593 1.39 (0.76–2.55)
Peripheral vascular complications 2 (0.09) 1 (0.05) 1 0.5 (0.05–5.52) 1 (0.02) 3 (0.06) 0.6249 3 (0.31–28.86)
Respiratory complications 7 (0.32) 6 (0.27) 1 0.86 (0.29–2.55) 23 (0.5) 11 (0.24) 0.0572 0.48 (0.23–0.98)
Digestive system complications 3 (0.14) 3 (0.14) 1 1 (0.2–4.96) 15 (0.32) 7 (0.15) 0.1333 0.47 (0.19–1.14)
Urinary complications 6 (0.27) 11 (0.5) 0.3314 1.84 (0.68–4.98) 29 (0.63) 29 (0.63) 1 1 (0.6–1.68)
Postoperative shock 0 (0) 2 (0.09) 0.4999 0 (0) 4 (0.09) 0.1249
Hemorrhage or hematoma 4 (0.18) 6 (0.27) 0.7536 1.5 (0.42–5.33) 12 (0.26) 17 (0.37) 0.4575 1.42 (0.68–2.97)
Postoperative infection 1 (0.05) 1 (0.05) 1 1 (0.06–16) 2 (0.04) 1 (0.02) 1 0.5 (0.05–5.51)
Urinary tract infection 25 (1.14) 27 (1.23) 0.8892 1.08 (0.63–1.87) 79 (1.71) 101 (2.18) 0.1137 1.28 (0.95–1.73)
Acute upper respiratory infections 2 (0.09) 0 (0) 0.4999 0 (0.01–5.54) 0 (0) 6 (0.13) 0.0312
Acute postoperative pain 68 (3.09) 67 (3.05) 1 0.98 (0.7–1.39) 85 (1.84) 130 (2.81) 0.0023 1.54 (1.17–2.04)
Chronic postoperative pain 1 (0.05) 0 (0) 1 0 (0.02–14.9) 1 (0.02) 0 (0) 1 0 (0.02–14.9)
Transfusion 70 (3.18) 97 (4.41) 0.0399 1.4 (1.03–1.92) 182 (3.93) 306 (6.61) <0.0001 1.73 (1.43–2.09)
Length of stay
 Mean (SD) 1.93 (1.12) 2.01 (1.07) 0.0021 RSA-TSA
0.08
2.08 (1.33) 2.25 (1.52) <0.0001 RSA-TSA
0.17
 Median 2 2 2 2
Cost
 Mean (SD) 16960.36 (6915.39) 19468.65 (7723.6) <0.0001 RSA-TSA
2508.29
16860.74 (6800.91) 19816.6 (8362.91) <0.0001 RSA-TSA
2955.86
 Median 15694.5 18018.86 15,536 18212.88