SHOULDER REPLACEMENT

Many people are not aware that a shoulder joint can also be replaced just like a knee joint.

Shoulder replacement is the treatment offered for patients suffering from shoulder arthritis and bad fractures.

Advance knee and shoulder hospital is one of the few centers in India performing shoulder replacement surgery on regular basis.

There are 3 major types of shoulder replacement

Hemiarthroplasty

Total shoulder arthroplasty

Reverse shoulder arthroplasty

The main reasons for which we need to do a shoulder replacement are as follows:

Bad fractures of shoulder.

Shoulder osteoarthritis

Massive cuff tears leading to arthritis

Rheumatoid arthritis of shoulder.

Reverse shoulder replacement: Reverse shoulder replacement is a new design of shoulder. This is a unique design where the ball becomes socket and the socket becomes ball. Due to this it changes the biomechanics of shoulder joint. The lever arm increases and now even in patient who have deficient or non functional rotator cuff tears, a good movement can be retained. Paul Grammot is one who described about the concept and design of reverse shoulder arthroplasty in detail.