Long-term follow-up of stemless anatomic shoulder arthroplasty with a ceramic humeral head prosthesis: a multicenter study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Stemless anatomic total shoulder arthroplasty (aTSA) with ceramic implants have shown promising midterm clinical outcomes. However, long-term clinical data on ceramic humeral head prostheses are not available. We therefore evaluated the long-term clinical and radiographic outcomes, including implant survival and complication rates, of a stemless ceramic humeral head prosthesis in different shoulder pathologies.

Methods

In this prospective, multicenter, observational study, patients underwent stemless aTSA using a ceramic humeral head prosthesis. We recorded Constant-Murley Scores (CSs), radiolucent lines (RLLs), complications, and long-term prosthesis survival.

Results

We treated 238 patients (238 shoulders) with a stemless ceramic humeral head prosthesis.

SUBMITTER: Kelly C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12828186 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature