Using standard-length compactors to implant short humeral stems in total shoulder arthroplasty: A cadaver study of humeral stem alignment.
Stanislas GunstAna NiguesJérôme VogelsElvire ServienSébastien LustigLaurent Nove-JosserandPhilippe CollottePublished in: PloS one (2022)
In this series of 20 implants in cadavers, the narrow short humeral stems implanted with compactors for standard-length stems were correctly aligned with the humeral axis. This approach may be a way to achieve both correct frontal alignment and low filling ratios.