A 62 year old active farmer had a painful, stiff right shoulder and these x-rays.
Would a pyrocarbon implant give him a better outcome than a conventional shoulder arthroplasty?
He elected a standard ream and run arthroplasty and returned to working his farm.
Eleven years after surgery, he came by for a followup. At the age of 73, he was still actively farming. He had a perfect Simple Shoulder Test Score (12/12), full comfortable motion, and these x-rays showing a stable humeral component and a stable glenoid joint surface.
The question is whether patients such as this would do better with a pyrocarbon implant.
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Here are some videos that are of shoulder interest
Shoulder arthritis - what you need to know (see this link).
How to x-ray the shoulder (see this link).
The ream and run procedure (see this link).
The total shoulder arthroplasty (see this link).
The cuff tear arthropathy arthroplasty (see this link).
The reverse total shoulder arthroplasty (see this link).
The smooth and move procedure for irreparable rotator cuff tears (see this link).
Shoulder rehabilitation exercises (see this link).
