**4. Indications**

Proper patient selection is critical to achieving desired results after this procedure. Selection is based both on anatomical and physiological considerations as well emotional and social aspects of the patient. Foremost, patients with inflammatory arthritis are not candidates for this technique as the absence of a prosthetic glenoid will result in continued glenoid erosion following humeral hemiarthroplasty. Female patients also tend to have less predictable results. This likely relates to having lower bone density and its effect on the potential for continued glenoid pain after reaming and humeral resurfacing. For male patients with osteoarthritis, the following selection criteria must be carefully considered for optimal results:
