Kim et al. used the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (1993–2008) to characterize national trends in shoulder hemiarthroplasty and total shoulder arthroplasty volume, age and sex distribution, and primary diagnoses driving each procedure type in the United States.
When counseling an elderly patient (≥65) with glenohumeral osteoarthritis or rotator cuff arthropathy, recognize that TSA — including reverse TSA — now dominates shoulder arthroplasty practice and its indications have expanded well beyond the traditional anatomic replacement; understanding the epidemiological inflection point at 2004 contextualizes why reverse TSA training is now considered essential in shoulder and elbow fellowship curricula.
Kim et al. used the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (1993–2008) to characterize national trends in shoulder hemiarthroplasty and total shoulder arthroplasty volume, age and sex distribution, and primary diagnoses driving each procedure type in the United States.
When counseling an elderly patient (≥65) with glenohumeral osteoarthritis or rotator cuff arthropathy, recognize that TSA — including reverse TSA — now dominates shoulder arthroplasty practice and its indications have expanded well beyond the traditional anatomic replacement; understanding the epidemiological inflection point at 2004 contextualizes why reverse TSA training is now considered essential in shoulder and elbow fellowship curricula.