Table 1: Summary of data from literature review on proximal humeral reconstruction.

Authors Type of Fixation "n" Mean Follow-up (mo) Mean age (yrs) Tumor Type (% primary lesions) Tumor-specific Mortality
Salzer M et al. (1979) [19] Megaprosthesis 27 27.4 58% 37%
Campanacci M et al. (1982) [20] Megaprosthesis 13 85% 31%
Bos G et al. (1987) [10] Megaprosthesis 18 68.4 100% 11%
Ross AC et al. (1987) [21] Megaprosthesis 19 132 89% 11%
Capanna R et al. (1988) [22] Megaprosthesis 19 18.2 51 0% 63%
Gebhardt MC et al. (1990) [23] Osteoarticular allograft 23 63.6 33 96% 13%
Jensen RL et al. (1995) [24] Overall 19 39 100% 23%
APC 4 43 100% 0%
Hemiarthroplasty 15 38 100% 27%
O'Connor MI et al. (1996) [13] Overall 20 100%
Osteoarticular allograft 8
Megaprosthesis 11
Allograft arthrodesis 1
Freedman et al. (1997) [25] Megaprosthesis 5 20% 60%
Probyn LJ et al. (1998) [26] Overall 21
Osteoarticular allograft 11 45.6 34 100% 0%
Allograft arthrodesis 7
Autograft arthrodesis 3
Asavamongkolkul A et al. (1999) [27] Megaprosthesis 59 90 33 90% 46%
Fabroni RH et al. (1999) [8] Megaprosthesis 8 165 22 100%
Getty PJ et al. (1999) [14] Osteoarticular allograft 16 34 13%
Wada T et al. (1999) [28] Vascularized fibula 8 70 27 100% 13%
Shin KH et al. (2000) [29] Overall 7 35.6 23.4 18%
Megaprosthesis 1
APC 6
Gebhart M et al. (2001)[7] Megaprosthesis 16
Rodl W et al. (2002)[30] Overall 45 27 100% 36%
Osteoarticular allograft 11 20 100%
CPH 15 18 100%
Megaprosthesis 19 37 100%
De Wilde L et al. (2003) [31] RSA 13 36 48.8
Ippolito V et al. (2003) [32] Megaprosthesis 20 68 0%
Kumar D et al. (2003) [33] Megaprosthesis 100 108 34 83% 44%
DeGroot H et al. (2004) [16] Osteoarticular allograft 32 30 6%
Zeegen EN et al. (2004) [34] Megaprosthesis 15 49
Fuchs B et al. (2005) [18] Overall 21 231 26 0%
Allgraft arthrodesis 12 123.6 26 0%
Autograft arthrodesis 9 157 27 0%
Mayilvahanan N et al. (2006) [35] Megaprosthesis 57 66 27.9 91% 11%
Black AW et al. (2007) [36] APC 6 55 83%
Kitagawa Y et al. (2007) [4] Overall 6 21 54 100% 32%
Hemiarthroplasty 5 38 55 100%
Allograft arthrodesis 1 51 100%
Sharma S et al. (2007) [9] Megaprosthesis 21 47.9
El-Sherbiny M et al. (2008) [37] Overall 32 21 97% 6%
Megaprosthesis, 13
Vascularized fibula 11
Pedicled lateral scapular crest graft 8
Scotti C et al. (2008) [38] Megaprosthesis 40 67 0%
Cannon CP et al. (2009) [39] Megaprosthesis 83 30 55
Moran M et al. (2009) [3] Hemiarthroplasty 11 69 21.5 100% 18%
Potter B et al. (2009) [15] Overall 49 113 48.5 51% 51%
Osteoarticular allograft 17 36.5
APC 16 56.3
Megaprosthesis 16 53.6
Piccioli A et al. (2010) [40] Megaprosthesis 30 0%
Raiss P et al. (2010) [41] Megaprosthesis 39 38 23% 23%
Wang Z et al. (2010) [42] Overall 25 48 32 88% 8%
Osteoarticular allograft 12
APC 7
Megaprosthesis 6
Yang Q et al. (2010) [43] Overall 12 100%
Osteoarticular allograft 3
Megaprosthesis 7
Vascularized fibula 2
De Wilde L et al. (2011) [44] RSA 14 92.4 45.1 71% 29%
Griffiths D et al. (2011) [45] Megaprosthesis 58 71 46 59% 28%
Ruggieri P et al. (2011) [46] APC 14 25 35 100% 0%
Bilgin SS (2012) [47] Autograft arthrodesis 6 60
Hartigan DE et al. (2012) [48] APC 27 76.8 43.8 85% 11%
Li J et al. (2012) [49] Vascularized fibula 6 19.1 15.8 100% 0%
Aponte-Tinao LA et al. (2013) [50] Overall 37 60 32
Osteoarticular allograft
APC
Kaa AK et al. (2013) [51] RSA 16 46 41.5 50% 31%
van de Sande et al. (2013) [52] Overall 37 120 44.8 89% 27%
Osteoarticular allograft 13 46%
APC 10 20%
Megaprosthesis 14 14%
Liu T et al. (2014) [53] Overall 41 57.7 30.6 100%
Megaprosthesis 25 32%
Vascularized fibula 16 38%
Bonnevialle N et al. (2015) [54] RSA 10 42 55 60% 20%
Calvert GT et al. (2015) [17] CPH 4 5.9
Pruksakorn D et al. (2015) [55] Megaprosthesis 13 14.3 0% 15%
Streitbuerger A et al. (2015) [56] Megaprosthesis 18 33.6 42 66% 11%

RSA: Reverse Shoulder Arthroplasty, APC: Alloprosthetic Composite, CPH: Claviculo Pro Humeri