Study findings show rapid acceptance of RSA in United States (Healio)
Schairer WW, et al. J Shoulder Elbow Surg. 2015;doi:10.1016/j.jse.2014.08.026.
Since its introduction in 2004, reverse shoulder arthroplasty has gained rapid acceptance, accounting for one-third of all shoulder arthroplasty procedures in the United States in 2011, according to study results.
Using the Nationwide Inpatient Sample, researchers identified an estimated 66,485 shoulder arthroplasty procedures performed in the United States in 2011. The researchers then identified indicating diagnoses, demographics and hospital ch...
