Ream and Run - x-rays at 4+ years in a swimmer

Here are the preoperative x-ray of an active swimmer who had a ream and run in 2011

The 6 week postoperative x-ray is shown here. Note that the bone at the glenoid surface as yet to consolidate.

This is the 6 month film showing nice consolidation of the glenoid bone and the fibrocartilageonous space between the prosthetic head and the glenoid bone.

A video of this man's swimming at 7 months after surgery is shown in this link.

Here is the film at one year

Here is the film at two years

And here is the film at four years

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