Incidence and risk factors of in-hospital prosthesis-related complications following total shoulder arthroplasty.

Background: The occurrence of prosthesis-related complications after total shoulder arthroplasty is devastating and costly. The purpose was to determine the incidence and risk of in-hospital prosthesis-related complications after total shoulder arthroplasty utilizing a large-scale sample database.

Methods: A retrospective database analysis was performed based on Nationwide Inpatient Sample from 2010 to 2014.