The AP radiograph of this 50 year old man appears to show 'mild' arthritis. But he had an SST score of only 5 out of 12.
However, the 'truth' view, shows a posteriorly subluxated humeral head in bone on bone contact with. a biconcave B2 retroverted glenoid.
He elected a ream and run procedure because of his active lifestyle. At four years of active use of his shoulder, his x-rays are as shown below. The humeral head is nicely centered in a single glenoid concavity in both views.
There is no evidence of glenoid wear at four years after the procedure. At that followup his SST score had improved from 5 out of 12 to 12 out of 12.
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