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Appendix 1:7a. 12-11-09
Mortality, early and late complications after shoulder arthroplasty in studies comparing total shoulder atrhroplasty (TSA) and hemiarthrioplasty (HA)
Author, year Country Study design Number Follow-up Total mortality Complications Early complications Late
Any complication
of
during follow-up directly related to (within 3 weeks complications
shoulders
/patients
n=
surgery
after surgery)
Orfaly, 2003
USA
Prospective
observational
study
Age
(years)
TSA: 37
HA: 28
63.0
Mean 4.3 yrs
(2-8 years)
6 % (n=4)
Death “within two years
of surgery”. Causes of
death “unrelated to
surgery”
2 (2)
5 % (n=3)
2 % (n=1)
3 % (n=2)
5 % (n=3)