shoulder

Resurfacing is a type of shoulder arthroplasty that involves replacing the humeral joint surface with a metal covering, or cap, thus preserving the bone of the proximal part of the humerus. If the glenoid is also replaced, a current conventional polyethylene glenoid replacement prosthesis or an interposed soft-tissue graft is used. The potential advantages of [...]

Ethan R. Wiesler, MD, an orthopaedic surgeon at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, performs a total shoulder replacement. The most common reason for needing a shoulder replacement is osteoarthritis, which causes a deterioration of the joint. Other causes are rheumatoid arthritis and trauma to the joint. Arthritis and trauma can cause pain, inflammation, swelling and [...]

Patients expecting conventional shoulder replacement surgery are sometimes surprised when an orthopedic surgeon tells them that they need a reverse total replacement instead. In addition to finding the terminology odd, they wonder what their shoulder replacement rehab will be like. Conventional total shoulder replacements are commonplace for patients with shoulder arthritis. However, they generally don’t [...]

Since the first joint replacement surgeries were done in the early 1960s the materials used in joint replacement prosthetic devices as well as the surgical procedures to place them have advanced remarkably. Patients have reaped great rewards with these advances. Implanted joints are made from better materials and last longer, surgical procedures are far less invasive [...]

You are probably aware that hip fractures are the most common injuries for seniors. But, did you know that shoulder fractures and dislocations are also extremely common among this age group? Considered the most mobile joint in the body, the shoulder can be thought of like a ball that sits on a golf tee.  It [...]

Badminton player Kunal Ajit Bhide began to suffer from excruciating pain and stiffness in the right shoulder when he was 17 after a fall off the motorcycle. Desperate not to lose out, he underwent surgery to repair sustained superior labrum anterior posterior (Slap) tear of his right shoulder. It healed, but the screw used for [...]