shoulder replacements

What Can Go Wrong With Shoulder Replacement?

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What Can Go Wrong With Shoulder Replacement? The three most common problems with reverse shoulder replacements are neurologic injury, bone fracture around the implant, and hematoma (pocket of blood or other fluid trapped inside the joint). How painful is a shoulder replacement? Shoulder replacement surgery is very successful for pain relief. Most patients are very

Can Rotator Cuee Repair Become Shoulder Replacement?

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Can Rotator Cuee Repair Become Shoulder Replacement? Open surgeries include tendon transfers or reverse shoulder replacement in which the rotator cuff tendons are “replaced by a prosthesis“. In the elderly population, the treatment of rotator cuff tears can be more controversial. There is concern about tissue quality and the ability for the tendon to heal