Open AccessDo Early Results of Proximal Humeral Allograft-Prosthetic Composite Reconstructions Persist at 5-year Followup?
Author(s) -
Marc El Beaino,
Jiayong Liu,
Valerae O. Lewis,
Patrick P. Lin
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
clinical orthopaedics and related research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.178
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1528-1132
pISSN - 0009-921X
DOI - 10.1097/corr.0000000000000354
Subject(s) - medicine , surgery , axillary nerve , rotator cuff , cumulative incidence , range of motion , deltoid curve , implant , deltoid muscle , humerus , prosthesis , brachial plexus , transplantation
Insufficiency of the rotator cuff is a major problem after resections of proximal humeral tumors and can limit shoulder motion despite preservation of the deltoid muscle and axillary nerve. Allograft-prosthetic composite reconstruction offers one method to reattach the rotator cuff tendons and has been successful in small studies with short followup. However, data are lacking with regard to implant durability, changes in Musculoskeletal Tumor Society (MSTS) scores over time, and delayed complications with extended followup.