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Table 5 Failed uncemented Nottingham TSR prostheses in Group 2 (patients operated in 1994 – 97) according to their mode of failure

From: Improvements in survival of the uncemented Nottingham Total Shoulder prosthesis: a prospective comparative study

Component

Mode of Failure

 

Loosening

Infection

Malposition: bearing failure/head dislocation, stem malposition

Glenoid

8 (OA = 4, RA = 2, 2ndary OA = 2)

0

7 [OA = 4, 2ndary OA = 3]

Humeral

0

0

2 [2ndary OA = 2]

  1. OA = osteoarthritis, RA = rheumatoid arthritis