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  "abstract": "Background: Pyrocarbon hemiarthroplasty (HA) is used for glenohumeral osteoarthritis in younger patients to preserve glenoid bone, but its cost-effectiveness against anatomic total shoulder arthroplasty (aTSA) has not been evaluated.\n\nMethods: A Markov cost-utility model compared Tornier pyrocarbon HA, hybrid aTSA, and all-polyethylene aTSA in a 65-year-old over 10 years from a US hospital perspective (2026 dollars, 3% discount). Well-state utilities were equalized and a revision-year decrement was applied. Threshold, one-way, scenario, and probabilistic analyses were performed, including younger-patient scenarios using age-specific registry aTSA revision rates.\n\nResults: Hybrid aTSA dominated pyrocarbon HA (−$2,332; +0.015 quality-adjusted life years [QALYs]), as did all-polyethylene aTSA (−$1,633; +0.009 QALYs), with 84% and 75% probability of cost-effectiveness at $50,000 per QALY. Pyrocarbon HA became cost-effective only if its 10-year revision rate fell from 10.6% to 1.0% or 4.2% or its cost fell by $3,066 or $2,063. aTSA lost its advantage when its own 10-year revision rate exceeded 12.8%. In patients under 65, aTSA remained marginally cost-effective with modern-prosthesis registry revision rates (10.5% at 10 years; incremental net monetary benefit $711) and pyrocarbon HA dominated with all-era age-specific rates (15.9%; −$531; +0.010 QALYs).\n\nConclusion: In a typical 65-year-old, aTSA dominates pyrocarbon HA. In patients aged less than 65 years, the strategies approach economic equivalence, and pyrocarbon HA is favored once aTSA revision exceeds roughly 13% at 10 years. Age-specific survivorship drives economic advantage.",
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    "Midwest Orthopedics, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA",
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    "Alps Surgery Institute, Clinique Générale Annecy, Annecy, France",
    "Department of Orthopedics, New-York Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, USA",
    "Department of Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA, USA",
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  "title": "Cost-effectiveness of anatomic total shoulder arthroplasty versus pyrocarbon hemiarthroplasty for glenohumeral osteoarthritis: a 10-year Markov cost-utility analysis",
  "title_text": "Cost-effectiveness of anatomic total shoulder arthroplasty versus pyrocarbon hemiarthroplasty for glenohumeral osteoarthritis: a 10-year Markov cost-utility analysis",
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