An active man presented with a painful, stiff left shoulder. His plain films are shown below.
This was treated using a total shoulder arthroplasty with the glenoid component inserted without changing the retroversion.
His x-rays at two years after surgery show bone ingrowth into the central peg of the component with no evidence of loosening.
He kindly gave us permission to show a video of his function at two years after surgery.
A similar case can be seen at this link.
In our practice these patients are evaluated using only plain x-rays without the extra cost and radiation exposure of a CT scan. Standard glenoid components are routinely used rather than posteriorly augmented glenoid comments. To see a YouTube of our technique for total shoulder arthroplasty, click on this link.
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