Costs and Consequences of Three Common Orthopedic Procedures on the Upper Extremity

Inclusion Criteria: * Male and female patient aged 18 years and over * Patient willing and able to give written informed consent to participate in the study including all pre-surgical and post-surgical follow-up examinations * Patient authorizing that their health insurance be contacted to provide health-related costs for the purpose of this study Specific inclusion Criteria: TSA: * patients diagnosed with primary or secondary glenohumeral arthritis and/or rotator cuff tear arthropathy * indicated for treatment with a total anatomic or reverse shoulder prosthesis or RCR: * patients diagnosed with partial or complete rotator cuff tear * indicated for rotator cuff reconstruction by arthroscopy or TMC OA: * patients diagnosed with TMC OA * indicated for surgical treatment by resection interposition suspension arthroplasty of the TMC joint Exclusion Criteria: * General medical contraindication to surgery * Revision operations * Known hypersensitivity to the materials used * Tumour / malignoma * Addiction or other disorders (e.g. neuromuscular, psychiatric or metabolic disorder) that would preclude accurate evaluation * Recent history of substance abuse * Legal incompetence * Pregnant women * Participation in any other medical device or medicinal product study within the previous months that could influence the results of the present study Specific exclusion Criteria: * Other joints operated in the same session, except arthrodesis of the metacarpophalangeal (MCP) I jo…