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Reverse Total Shoulder Arthroplasty
Arthrex's shoulder implant replaces the rotator cuff's ball and socket.
eplacing a shoulder joint, like replacing a hip,
involves a ball and a socket. Conventional
implants replicate the head of the humerus and
the glenoid it fits into. But when a patient suffers
an irreparable rotator cuff tear, or when previous attempts at cuff repair have proven
unsuccessful, conventional shoulder
replacement might just result in pain
and limited motion.
In a procedure known as reverse total
shoulder arthroplasty, however, a ball is
fixed to the glenoid and a socket to the
humerus. This anatomical reversal shifts
the work of powering and positioning the
arm from the rotator cuff tendon to the
deltoid muscle, returning ability and
mobility to the injured patient.
Reverse shoulder implants originated in
Europe in the 1980s, and the FDA has
allowed the procedure for nearly a decade.
Now, a new entry in the field — Arthrex's
Univers Revers Shoulder Arthroplasty
ROLE REVERSAL
System (arthrex.com) — offers variations
The Arthrex Univers
Revers shoulder
that observers say set it apart from other
implant accommoavailable implants on the market.
dates patients with
complex rotator cuff
"The analogy is, it's as if we have more
injuries.
than one golf club in our bag," says Brian S.
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