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Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 1 Overall demographics and functional outcomes (33 shoulders)

From: A novel “7 sutures and 8 knots” surgical technique in reverse shoulder arthroplasty for proximal humeral fractures: tuberosity healing improves short-term clinical results

Demographics

 

 Male

18.2%

 Female

81.8%

 Age (years) mean ± SD

77.1 ± 7.3 range (65–92)

Follow-up (months)

 

 Mean ± SD

35.9 ± 16.2 range (12–64)

Functional outcome (mean ± SD)

 

 Pain

10.6 ± 3.4 range (4–15)

 Activity

15.2 ± 3.8 range (6–20)

 ROM

26.8 ± 8.9 range (10–40)

 Forward flexion (°)

128.9 ± 30.6 range (60°–180°)

 Abduction (°)

118.3 ± 27.3 range (70°–160°)

 Extra-rotation (°)

37.5 ± 7.9 range (23°–55°)

 Intra-rotationa

5.6 ± 2.7 range (2–10)

 Power

14.1 ± 7.4 range (2–25)

 Constant score

66.7 ± 20.5 range (29–100)

 DASH score

33.4 ± 22.6 range (2–85)

Satisfaction with surgeryb

 

 Mean ± SD

3.3 ± 0.6 range (2–4)

Perioperative complications

 

 Blood transfusion

46.9%

 Glenoid notching

3%

  1. aPoints of intra-rotation (hand Dorsum to): buttock = 2; sacro-iliac joint = 4; waist = 6; T12 level = 8; between shoulder blades = 10
  2. bPatient satisfaction with the surgery was evaluated through a four-grade rating scale: 1 = very disappointed; 2 = disappointed; 3 = satisfied; 4 = very satisfied