Should tuberosities be reattached in patients over 80 years old treated with reverse shoulder arthroplasty after proximal humeral fractures?
Tuberosity healing in RSA for PHF is not impaired in patients over 80 years old. Functional results in patients over 80 with healed tuberosities are slightly better than in those without healing.
Authors
- Carlos Torrens (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6690-1632)
- Alberto Izquierdo Fernández (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-5573-560X)
- Pablo Luque-Amo
- Jose Carlos Miñarro
- Fernando Santana
Institutions
- Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía (ES)
- Parc de Salut (ES)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Shoulder & Elbow
- Published
- 2026-02-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1177/17585732261423483
- Primary Topic
- Shoulder Injury and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00