SLIDE 1 The Reverse Shoulder Replacement: Let Me Show You The Results
Lawrence V. Gulotta, MD
Director of Research, Sports Medicine and Shoulder Service Co-Medical Director, Leon Root Motion Analysis Laboratory Attending Surgeon, Sports Medicine and Shoulder Service Hospital for Special Surgery New York, NY
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Disclosures
Consulting and speaking fees from Zimmer-Biomet, Inc
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Great Advances for Mankind
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What is a Reverse Shoulder Replacement? Why Does it Work? Most People Would Consider Putting Something in Ass Backwards a Mistake, Not a Revolution
SLIDE 5 Shoulder Biomechanics 101
Courtesy of Andreas Kontaxis, PhD
SLIDE 6 Shoulder Biomechanics 101
Courtesy of Andreas Kontaxis, PhD
SLIDE 7 Cuff Deficient Shoulder
SLIDE 8 NEED STABILITY!!
RSA works because it is semi-constrained -> STABLE
Courtesy of Andreas Kontaxis, PhD
SLIDE 9 Cuff Deficient Shoulder
- Charles Neer’s Experience
Anatomic Arthroplasty in Cuff Deficient S houlder
- Reduced Pain
- Did not Improve Function
- “ Limited Goals”
SLIDE 10 Cuff Deficient Shoulder
- Need more constraint to improve function
Mark III Mark I
houlder Reconstruction. 1990
- High Glenoid Failure Rates
- Large moment arm created shear
- Poor fixation
SLIDE 11 Birth of the Modern RSA
- Paul Grammont, Lyon France, 1980’s
- Constrained shoulder with medialized center of rotation
- Converts shear forces to compressive forces across glenoid
implant – bone interface
SLIDE 12 Birth of the Modern RSA
- 1. It works because it is
more constrained, stable.
because reversing the anatomy allowed medializing the COR which limited glenoid failures
SLIDE 13 Expanding Use of Shoulder Arthroplasty
2011
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Expanding Use of Shoulder Arthroplasty
Worldwide: 50% Reverse Europe: >50% Reverse
SLIDE 15 Expanding Use of Shoulder Arthroplasty
- Cuff Tear Arthropathy
- Fractures
- Nonunion, malunions
- Revisions
- Irreparable Rotator Cuff Tears
- OA with “Dysfunctional Cuff”
- OA with Glenoid Bone Loss
SLIDE 16 Expanding Use of Shoulder Arthroplasty
Cuff Tear Arthropathy - #1 Indication
- 73 y/o RHD female with right shoulder pain.
- FF 70, ER neutral, IR to back pocket
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Expanding Use of Shoulder Arthroplasty
6 Weeks Post-op RS A
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Results
SLIDE 19 Outcomes of RSA
93% S atisfied Constant 23 -> 60 French Boston 90% S atisfied S S V 26%
Primary, 62% Revision Tampa AS ES 33.3 -> 75.4
SLIDE 20 Outcomes of RSA
- Take home from several studies:
- Validated shoulder scores in the 70’s
- Effective for pain relief
- ROM
- FF – 140
- ER – 10
- IR – Back pocket
- Satisfaction in 90% of patients
- These are not normal shoulders
- Complications…...
Constraint Allows for S tability But Limits Motion
SLIDE 21 Complications
Some reports as high as 50% (Gerber, HSS)
– Hematoma – Notching – Acromion stress fracture – Baseplate failure – Periprosthetic fractures – Neurologic injury – Deltoid origin pain – Infection
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Complications
Primary: 13.4% Revision: 33.3%
SLIDE 23 Complications – My Experience First 500 RSA’s Overall Complication Rate: 9.0% (45) –Revision Arthroplasty: 16% –Primary Arthroplasty: 6.6%
- Persistent Pain/Stiffness – No Obvious Cause (31)
- Instability (5)
- Nerve Injury (3)
- Acromial Stress Fracture (3)
- Infection (3)
Comparable to Anatomic TS A
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0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6
Complications by Year
50 RS A ’s
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Outcomes of RSA
We know that about 90% of patients will be satisfied What does it mean to have a shoulder that is 70-75% of normal????
SLIDE 26 Outcomes of RSA
- Doc, after surgery, can I:
- Golf?
- Swim?
- Perform my ADL’s?
- Go back to work?
SLIDE 27 Outcomes of RSA
After RS A
went back to recreational activities
- Average of 5 months post -
- p
- #1 Complaint: Can’ t put
arm behind back
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Clinical Studies
Can We Predict Outcomes Following RSA?
SLIDE 29 Clinical Studies
Can We Predict Functional Outcomes?
MCID for TS A and RS A was 9 points for AS ES score S CB for RS A was 23 points on AS ES
- Patients who failed to reach MCID
- Higher baseline MCID
- RS
A not as likely to reach MCID as TS A
SLIDE 30 Clinical Studies
Predictors of Poor Outcomes
- Men
- Intact RC
- High Baseline AS
ES Final AS ES 75 S ame for both groups
SLIDE 31 Relativity
There is a ceiling effect with RSA RSA tops out at:
- FF 140
- Functional scores 70’s
- Constraint a blessing
and a curse
Reality (Outcome Scores) – Expectations = Satisfaction
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Conclusions RSA indications and utilization continue to expand Solution to a problem that vexed surgeons for decades Only reliable solution to true mechanical pseudoparalysis Constraint provides stability, but also prohibits normal motion There is a ceiling effect with outcomes Rotation is particularly limited
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Thank You