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Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 2 Functional results according to tuberosity healing

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

 

Healed group

Non-healed group

87.9%

12.1%

Functional outcome (mean ± SD)

  

 Pain

10.8 ± 3.4

9.3 ± 2.6

 Activity

15.4 ± 3.7

14 ± 4.7

 ROM

27.3 ± 8.7

23 ± 11

 Forward flexion (°)

131.6 ± 29.1

110 ± 39.2

 Abduction (°)

119.1 ± 26.3

112.5 ± 38.6

 Extra-rotation (°)

38.1 ± 7.4

33.3 ± 11.6

 Intra-rotationa

5.9 ± 2.5

4 ± 3.7

 Power

14.8 ± 7.4

9 ± 5

 Constant score

68.2 ± 20.6

55.3 ± 18.6

 DASH score

30.9 ± 20.9

51.6 ± 29.3

Satisfaction with surgeryb

  

 Mean ± SD

3.4 ± 0.6

2.5 ± 0.6

  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
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