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Copeland Shoulder Resurfacing Arthroplasty

Added Oct 26, 2010

Manufactured by Biomet

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The Copeland Shoulder Resurfacing Arthroplasty (CSRA) is a resurfacing proximal humeral implant that was initially designed with a glenoid component, and thus may be used as a hemiarthoplasty or total shoulder system. Mr Steve Copeland’s initial design was based on the principle that stemmed humeral components were unnecessary in shoulder replacement for arthritis, that bone should be conserved, and that the implant should be placed to reconstruct the normal anatomy, which is variable.

In common with other resurfacing systems, it aims to restore proximal humeral anatomy by placing a component size matched to the native head, in anatomical alignment.

As with other resurfacing implants, the use is dependent on adequate proximal humeral bone stock. An extended head version is available for cuff tear arthropathy, to additionally resurface the greater tuberosity in its articulation with the acromion.

Several studies are available from Copeland and other centres. In osteoarthritis, a mixed series of Copeland resurfacing hemiarthroplasties and TSR showed good clinical results at minimum 2 years, (Levy O, Copeland SA. Cementless surface replacement arthroplasty (Copeland CSRA) for osteoarthritis of the shoulder.J Shoulder Elbow Surg .2004; 13:266 -71.) The Constant scores improved from an age-adjusted Constant score of 33.8% (20.0 points) to 94% (61.9 points) for total shoulder replacement and from an age-adjusted Constant score 40.0% (25.3 points) to 91% (58.1 points) for hemiarthroplasty. At 6 years, 4 implants (5%) had been revised – all total replacements, 3 glenoid revisions. Reasonable results for resurfacing have also been seen in rheumatoid arthritis (Levy O, Funk L, Sforza G, Copeland SA. Copeland surface replacement arthroplasty of the shoulder in rheumatoid arthritis. J Bone Joint Surg Am.2004; 86:512 -8.) The average Constant score was 47.9 points (age and sex-adjusted score, 71%) in the hemiarthroplasty group and 53.4 points (age and sex-adjusted score, 76%) in the total shoulder replacement group. Additionally, resurfacing hemiarthroplasty has demonstrated good results in younger patients, in whom the bone conservation is attractive (Bailie DS, Llinas PJ, Ellenbecker TS. Cementless humeral resurfacing arthroplasty in active patients less than fifty-five years of age. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2008;90:110-7.)

However, there is the possibility of ongoing and worsening pain due to glenoid erosion in shoulder hemiarthroplasty in general, occasionally requiring revision to a total arthroplasty. Also, many believe the results in terms of pain relief to be better in total shoulder arthroplasty, but there are no RCTs comparing total joint replacement with either stemmed or resurfacing hemiarthroplasty.

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