Andrew Bodrogi1, George S Athwal2, Lisa Howard3, Tinghua Zhang4, Peter Lapner5. 1. Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON, Canada; Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada. 2. Roth|McFarlane Hand and Upper Limb Centre, St. Joseph's Health Care London, London, ON, Canada; Department of Surgery, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada. 3. Faculty of Medicine, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada. 4. Clinical Epidemiology Program, The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada. 5. Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON, Canada; Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada. Electronic address: plapner@toh.on.ca.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Glenohumeral offset (GHO) may change from the preoperative state after anatomic total shoulder arthroplasty (TSA), and has been identified as a factor that may affect shoulder mechanics, strength, and function. The primary objective was (1) to establish a reliable method of measuring GHO with standardized computed tomography (CT) imaging planes and (2) to determine whether an association exists between GHO and functional outcomes in TSA. METHODS: Thirty-seven patients underwent TSA for glenohumeral osteoarthritis. Preoperative and postoperative CT scans were reformatted along standardized measurement planes for the glenoid and humerus separately. Inter-rater and intrarater reliability was determined for 3 methods to measure humeral offset and 2 methods to measure glenoid offset. Univariate regression analysis was used to determine the association between GHO and functional outcomes including the Constant score and strength. RESULTS: Of all methods tested, the highest preoperative and postoperative inter-rater reliability was r = 0.84 and r = 0.8, and r = 0.7 and r = 0.8 for humeral and glenoid offset, respectively. Intrarater reliability was >0.94. There was a mean increase of 4.3 mm (standard deviation, 4.6; range, -10.6 to 10.8) in combined GHO from preoperative to postoperative time points. No associations were observed between change in offset and functional or strength scores. DISCUSSION: A reliable approach to measure prearthroplasty and postarthroplasty GHO with CT plane standardization has been described. A net increase in GHO was observed after TSA. No associations were found between change in offset after TSA and functional scores or strength up to 2 years postoperatively.
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BACKGROUND: Glenohumeral offset (GHO) may change from the preoperative state after anatomic total shoulder arthroplasty (TSA), and has been identified as a factor that may affect shoulder mechanics, strength, and function. The primary objective was (1) to establish a reliable method of measuring GHO with standardized computed tomography (CT) imaging planes and (2) to determine whether an association exists between GHO and functional outcomes in TSA. METHODS: Thirty-seven patients underwent TSA for glenohumeral osteoarthritis. Preoperative and postoperative CT scans were reformatted along standardized measurement planes for the glenoid and humerus separately. Inter-rater and intrarater reliability was determined for 3 methods to measure humeral offset and 2 methods to measure glenoid offset. Univariate regression analysis was used to determine the association between GHO and functional outcomes including the Constant score and strength. RESULTS: Of all methods tested, the highest preoperative and postoperative inter-rater reliability was r = 0.84 and r = 0.8, and r = 0.7 and r = 0.8 for humeral and glenoid offset, respectively. Intrarater reliability was >0.94. There was a mean increase of 4.3 mm (standard deviation, 4.6; range, -10.6 to 10.8) in combined GHO from preoperative to postoperative time points. No associations were observed between change in offset and functional or strength scores. DISCUSSION: A reliable approach to measure prearthroplasty and postarthroplasty GHO with CT plane standardization has been described. A net increase in GHO was observed after TSA. No associations were found between change in offset after TSA and functional scores or strength up to 2 years postoperatively.