Open AccessAcromial fracture after reverse total shoulder arthroplasty: a systematic review
Author(s) -
Simon Lau,
Richard Large
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
shoulder and elbow
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.506
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 1758-5740
pISSN - 1758-5732
DOI - 10.1177/1758573219876486
Subject(s) - medicine , arthroplasty , fracture (geology) , surgery , orthodontics , geology , geotechnical engineering
The reverse total shoulder arthroplasty has become the most common method of arthroplasty of the shoulder. The complication of acromial or scapular stress fracture deserves consideration to describe incidence and determine whether prosthetic design or patient factors act as risk factors.