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ReviewJournal of shoulder and elbow arthroplasty2023

Anatomic Total Shoulder Arthroplasty Versus Reverse Total Shoulder Arthroplasty in Patients Aged Over 70 Without a Full-Thickness Rotator Cuff Tear: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Christos G Dragonas, Georgios Mamarelis, Cameron Dott, Saima Waseem, Abhijit Bajracharya, Dimitra Leivadiotou

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In one paragraph

Review in Journal of shoulder and elbow arthroplasty, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
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  3. Outcomes of reverseWorld journal of orthopedics · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Christos G DragonasDepartment of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust, Harlow, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5235-0297
Georgios MamarelisDepartment of Trauma and Orthopaedics, The Royal London Hospital, Barts Health Trust, London, UK.
Cameron DottDepartment of Trauma and Orthopaedics, The Royal London Hospital, Barts Health Trust, London, UK.
Saima WaseemDepartment of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust, Harlow, UK.
Abhijit BajracharyaDepartment of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust, Harlow, UK.
Dimitra LeivadiotouDepartment of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust, Harlow, UK.
Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust · GBBarts Health NHS Trust · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: This systematic review and meta-analysis compared the revision rates, complications, and outcomes in anatomic total shoulder arthroplasty (aTSA) and reverse TSA (rTSA) performed for primary glenohumeral osteoarthritis in patients aged over 70 years without a full-thickness rotator cuff tear. Materials and Methods: We performed a systematic literature search identifying comparative studies meeting the above patient criteria and published from January 2010 to May 2022 from 3 databases: MEDLINE, EMBASE, and Cochrane Library. We performed the systematic review in accordance with PRISMA guidelines and the study was prospectively registered on PROSPERO. Results: From the 1798 studies identified from the initial literature search, 4 met our inclusion criteria. Two thousand seven hundred thirty-one shoulder arthroplasties (1472 aTSA and 1259 rTSA) were evaluated with a minimum follow up of 2 years. A statistically significant lower revision rate was observed in rTSA compared to aTSA (odds ratio [OR] 0.50, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.30, 0.84, Conclusion: Higher revision rates were identified following aTSA in our study population, although admittedly this is within retrospective studies. aTSA displayed equal functional results and postoperative complications compared to rTSA in patients over 70 without a full-thickness rotator cuff tear. Given these similar results a shoulder surgeon must carefully consider each patient individually prior to deciding the optimal form of arthroplasty to offer.

Indexed as

anatomic total shoulder arthroplastyelderlyfull-thickness rotator cuff tearglenohumeral osteoarthritisintact rotator cuffreverse total shoulder arthroplastyrevision rateshoulder replacement

Identifiers

PMID37808225
PMCPMC10559711
OpenAlexW4387415259

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