Treatment of non‐arthritic pseudoparetic shoulders with irreparable massive rotator cuff tears: arthroscopic procedures yield comparable midterm results to reverse arthroplasty

Table 2 Required revision surgeries on the affected shoulder during follow-up period

	Technique	Age^a	Gender	Previous surgery	Time period^b	Reason	Revision surgery	f/u^c	Satisfaction^d	Δ SSV	Δ CS
Group A	PR	68	Male	No	9 days	Superficial infection	Arthroscopic joint lavage	4	Satisfied	60	46
	PR	73	Male	No	9 days	Superficial infection	Open joint lavage	5	Satisfied	30	30
	PR	68	Female	No	40 days	Anchor loosening	Arthroscopic anchor removal	3	Satisfied	80	52
Group B	RTSA	85	Male	No	78 days	Early dislocation	Closed reduction
					140 days	Second dislocation	Humeral revision	1	n.a.	n.a.	30
	RTSA	73	Male	No	28 days	Early dislocation	Closed reduction
					6 years	Static subluxation	Glenoid revision	6	Satisfied	20	18
	RTSA	77	Female	Yes	2.5 years	Acromion stress fracture	Osteosynthesis	3	n.a	n.a	14
	RTSA	79	Female	No	1 year	Aseptic glenoid loosening	Glenoid revision
					5 years	Aseptic glenoid loosening	Conversion to HA	6	n.a.	n.a.	9
	RTSA	69	Female	No	3 years	Traumatic axillary nerve palsy	Open patch plastic	4	n.a.	n.a.	48

^apatient age at time of initial surgery; ^btime period between initial surgery and revision surgery; ^ctime period between initial surgery and latest follow-up (f/u); ^dsatisfaction with initial treatment; SSV Subjective Shoulder Value; CS Constant Score; Δ- value = difference between pre- and postoperative score; PR partial repair; RTSA reverse total shoulder arthroplasty; n.a. not available

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