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Stemless Humeral Head Replacement

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Shoulder arthroplasty has continued to evolve since its inception. Stemless humeral replacement represents one of the most recent advances and exhibits multiple advantages including preservation of anatomy, decreased risk of intraoperative complication from intramedullary stem placement, and advantages in the revision setting. Indications for the prosthesis have evolved and now include most situations that surgeons traditionally would treat with a stemmed prosthesis. A review of historic, current, and upcoming models is presented, and results for each are discussed. While long-term studies are lacking given the relatively short history of stemless replacement, the current evidence demonstrates favorable results.

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  1. Department Orthopaedic Surgery, Kerlan Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic, 6801 Park Terrace, Los Angeles, CA, 90045, USA

    Brian Lee MD

  2. Department Orthopaedic Surgery, Rothman Institute, Thomas Jefferson University, 925 Chestnut St., 5th Floor, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, USA

    Joseph Abboud MD

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  1. Department of Orthopaedics & Rehabilitation, Chief, Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, Penn State Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA

    April D. Armstrong

  2. MedStar Union Memorial Hospital/MedStar Orthopaedics, Chief, Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, Director, Shoulder and Elbow Fellowship and Research, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

    Anand M. Murthi

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Lee, B., Abboud, J. (2016). Stemless Humeral Head Replacement. In: Armstrong, A., Murthi, A. (eds) Anatomic Shoulder Arthroplasty. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29164-2_5

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