Conservative Treatment with Adjunctive Use of Teriparatide for Periprosthetic Humeral Fractures after Reverse Total Shoulder Arthroplasty: A Report of 6 Cases
Hyuk-Joon Sohn, Bum-Soon Park, Junkyung Hwang, Jong Pil Yoon, Jin-Young Bang, Chul-Hyun Cho · 2026
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Description
Hyuk-Joon Sohn and co-authors report six cases of arm bone breaks near a shoulder implant in a 2026 paper. Such breaks are hard to treat in older patients with thin bone and other health problems. Surgery is often advised for shifted breaks, but it carries high risk in frail patients. The team tried rest based care plus a bone building drug instead.
Each patient wore a brace and got daily shots of the bone drug. X rays showed all six breaks had joined within about two to four months. Pain scores ended low and shoulder function scores were fair at last checks. No drug linked side effects appeared, though one break healed at a slight angle.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Hyuk-Joon Sohn, Bum-Soon Park, Junkyung Hwang, Jong Pil Yoon, Jin-Young Bang, Chul-Hyun Cho |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 22 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |