“…1,[4][5][6][7]11,13,15 Since RSA has been designed to overcome cuff-deficient shoulders, some surgeons have proposed excising the tuberosities, 5,6 whereas others have suggested that tuberosity reattachment is less important than in hemiarthroplasty. 10,11 The question that we attempted to answer in this study was as follows: Are clinical and subjective outcomes of RSA for PHFs comparable in the case of tuberosity excision, failed fixation, or anatomic healing? To try to answer this question, we performed a multicenter study and analyzed the clinical and subjective results based on the surgical tuberosity management (excision vs conservation) and the final aspect of the tuberosities on the last postoperative radiographs (GT healing in an anatomic position vs nonunion, malunion, or resorption).…”