Emerging Technologies in Shoulder Arthroplasty Navigation, Mixed Reality, and Preoperative Planning

Although the ideal component positions to opti-mize patient outcomes following shoulder arthroplasty remain unknown, accurate place-ment of the glenoid and humeral components is critical for long-term survival. Preoperative planning with 3-dimensional CT is becoming a commonly utilized strategy to better understand patient anatomy for operative success. Further research is needed and warranted to find the role of other intraoperative assistive devices in shoulder arthroplasty, including patient-specific instrumentation, navigation, and MR; however, this field is already showing great promise to-wards achieving this goal and likely represents the future of shoulder arthroplasty.