“…Of the 20 selected articles that reported radiographic observations of uncemented humeral stems at ⩾ 2 years, published between 2000 and 2017, three studies presented outcomes for short coated stems, 13,16,22 seven studies presented outcomes for short uncoated stems, 8,11,12,16,17,21,24 one study presented outcomes for long coated stems 5 and 11 studies presented outcomes for long uncoated stems (Table 2). 10,12,14,15,18-20,23,25,26 The cohort sizes were in the range of 20 to 131 shoulders with mean follow-up in the range of 24 to 238 months.…”