Mount Sinai Hospital, New York

Arthoplasty with calcar grafting is a reliable treatment option for surgical neck nonunions

Published in Surgery Litigation and Law Weekly, April 14th, 2006

Arthoplasty with calcar grafting is a reliable treatment option for surgical nonunions.

"A retrospective review was conducted on 12 patients (mean age, 63 years) undergoing replacement arthroplasty with calcar grafting for humeral surgical neck nonunions. Patients were evaluated preoperatively for pain and range of motion and postoperatively by use of the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons and Constant scores," researchers in the United States report.

J.S. Lin and colleagues from Mount Sinai Hospital wrote, "Indications included severe pain, disability humeral head destruction, and inadequate bone stock. Nine patients were available for a mean of...

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Source: Surgery Litigation and Law Weekly (2006-04-14)

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