Comparing Reverse Total Shoulder Arthroplasty With and Without Partial Coracoidectomy to Evaluate Shoulder Function After Surgery

What this Trial Is About

Researchers are conducting a randomized controlled trial to compare the functional outcomes and complications of two surgical approaches for reverse total shoulder arthroplasty. The study focuses on adults undergoing this surgery for conditions such as rotator cuff tear arthropathy, primary glenohumeral osteoarthritis with irreparable rotator cuff tear, or post-traumatic arthritis. The trial aims to evaluate how these surgeries affect internal rotation function one year after the operation. Participants will receive either standard reverse total shoulder arthroplasty without partial coracoidectomy or reverse total shoulder arthroplasty combined with partial coracoidectomy. These two surgical procedures are being studied to determine differences in functional internal rotation and possible complications. The trial uses a double-blind, randomized, parallel design with the surgical procedures performed as part of the intervention. Throughout the study, participants internal rotation function will be assessed using the ADLIR score at 12 months post-surgery. Follow-up assessments will monitor functional outcomes and complications. The total participation duration extends through the postoperative period up to a year, during which participants will have evaluations to measure the effects of the surgical interventions on their shoulder function.

Reverse Total Shoulder Arthroplasty With or Without Partial Coracoidectomy: Evaluation of Functional Internal Rotation