Thursday, February 20, 2020

Bilateral B2 glenoids managed with a standard glenoid

An active women in her 50s presented with pain, stiffness and feelings of instability in her right shoulder.





She had a standard arthroplasty performed without specific attempt to change glenoid version.
At five years after surgery she had full function and the x-rays shown below



Two years later she presented with a painful, stiff, and unstable left shoulder and these x-rays


Again, she had a standard total shoulder performed without specific attempt to change glenoid version.
Three years after surgery she had full function; her radiographs were as shown below




In each case the standard glenoid components were inserted without CT planning or patient specific instrumentation.

Her post operative shoulder function is shown in this video taken 5 years after the left and 3 years after the right total shoulders.


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To see a YouTube of our technique for total shoulder arthroplasty, click on this link.


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We have a new set of shoulder youtubes about the shoulder, check them out at this link.

Be sure to visit "Ream and Run - the state of the art" regarding this radically conservative approach to shoulder arthritis at this link and this link

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We have a new set of shoulder youtubes about the shoulder, check them out at this link.

Be sure to visit "Ream and Run - the state of the art" regarding this radically conservative approach to shoulder arthritis at this link and this link

Use the "Search" box to the right to find other topics of interest to you.