Table 1: Patient data.
| Age/Gender | Indication for surgery | No. of previous surgeries | ASA | Operative side | Residence | Substance abuse | Employed | Time to union (months) | Pain at final follow-up |
| 35 F | ON with plexus injury | 3 | 2 | R | Country | Opioid dependence | N | 16 | Y |
| 35 M | ON | Multiple | 2 | R | Country | Opioid dependence | Y | 13 | Y |
| 38 M | Post-traumatic OA | 11 | 3 | R | Metropolitan | Opioid dependence | N | Revision arthrodesis | Y |
| 45 M | OA with axillary nerve palsy | Unknown | 2 | L | Country | Amphetamine use | N | Lost to follow-up | N |
| 27 M | OA with instability | Nil | 2 | R | Metropolitan | Opioid dependence | N | 8 | ^N |
| 33 M | OA with obstetric plexus injury | Nil | 1 | R | Metropolitan | N | Y (manual labour) | 31 | N |
| 23 F | Recurrent instability with refractory seizures | Nil | 3 | R | Country | N | N | 12 | ^N |
ON: osteonecrosis humeral head; OA: glenohumeral joint osteoarthritis; R: right; L: left; N: no; Y: yes; ^: frustrated by reduced range of motion.