At a recent meeting, a surgeon expressed concern that the ream and run procedure "removed all of the subchondral bone". This is a misconception. In fact the ream and run retains more of the glenoid bone stock than any other type of glenohumeral arthroplasty. The glenoid is conservatively reamed - only to the point where a single concavity is created. No holes are made in the glenoid for fixation of a glenoid component.
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