Patients who underwent primary shoulder arthroplasty experienced a significantly higher risk for infection if they had previously undergone non–arthroplasty-related surgery, according to results.
Researchers reviewed 4,577 patients treated with 2,890 total shoulder arthroplasties, 1,233 hemiarthroplasties and 454 reverse shoulder arthroplasties between 1970 and 2012, of whom 18% had undergone prior non-arthroplasty shoulder surgery on the operative side. They compared patients with and without previous surgery for postoperative prosthetic infection.
Source: Healio
