Proximal humerus reconstruction in reverse total shoulder arthroplasty with proximal humeral bone loss using a lower trapezius tendon transfer with Achilles tendon-bone allograft: surgical technique and report of 2 cases

Franziska Eckers; Bettina Hochreiter; Sarah Forsyth; Eugene T Ek

doi:10.1016/j.jseint.2023.12.010

Proximal humerus reconstruction in reverse total shoulder arthroplasty with proximal humeral bone loss using a lower trapezius tendon transfer with Achilles tendon-bone allograft: surgical technique and report of 2 cases

JSES Int. 2024 Jan 18;8(3):508-514. doi: 10.1016/j.jseint.2023.12.010. eCollection 2024 May.

Authors

Franziska Eckers^{1

2}, Bettina Hochreiter^{1

3}, Sarah Forsyth^{1

4}, Eugene T Ek^{1

5}

Affiliations

¹ Melbourne Orthopaedic Group, Melbourne, Australia.
² Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
³ Department of Orthopedics, Balgrist University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland.
⁴ Melbourne Shoulder Group, Melbourne, Australia.
⁵ Department of Surgery, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.

No abstract available

Keywords: External rotation; Fracture sequelae; Lower trapezius transfer; Proximal humeral bone loss; Reverse total shoulder arthroplasty; Revision arthroplasty; Tendon transfer.