Seven years after her surgery she presented to us with a painful stiff shoulder and these x-rays showing a locked posterior dislocation and a loose glenoid component.
We wanted to avoid the risks associated with a reverse total shoulder in this setting.
Instead we converted the shoulder to a hemiarthroplasty, which was surprisingly stable and which will enable us to start immediate rehabilitation.
The reader may also be interested in these posts:
Consultation for those who live a distance away from Seattle.
Click here to see the new Shoulder Arthritis Book.
Click here to see the new Rotator Cuff Book
Information about shoulder exercises can be found at this link.
Use the "Search" box to the right to find other topics of interest to you.
You may be interested in some of our most visited web pages including:shoulder arthritis, total shoulder, ream and run, reverse total shoulder, CTA arthroplasty, and rotator cuff surgery as well as the 'ream and run essentials'
See from which cities our patients come.
See the countries from which our readers come on this post.
