Table 2: Indications for Reverse Shoulder Arthroplasty

  • Cuff-tear arthropathy
  • Massive rotator cuff tear with pseudoparalysis
  • Severe inflammatory arthritis with a massive cuff tear
  • Failed shoulder arthroplasty
    • Absent tuberosities (failed hemiarthroplasty for fracture/nonunion)
    • Absent cuff (failed hemiarthroplasty for cuff-tear arthropathy)
    • Instability
  • Proximal humerus fractures
  • Proximal humerus nonunions
  • Reimplantation for deep periprosthetic infection
  • Reconstruction after tumor resection