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Friday, January 05, 2007
Shoulder Joint Surgery
Shoulder replacement surgery is not a new option for patients with severe pain due to shoulder arthritis - but there is an intriguing new approach available which seems to be yielding great results.
Surgeons are putting in the new shoulder joint "in reverse"
With the new reverse shoulder prosthesis, the classic ball-and-socket shape of the joint is basically reversed.
The shoulder is made up of a ball and socket joint and a rotator cuff. The ball connects to the arm, the socket connects to the shoulder blade. The rotator cuff is muscle that surrounds the joint and helps lift and rotate the arm. But in patients suffering from a torn rotator cuff or arthritis, this protection is gone and bone painfully scrapes against bone.
Now a new procedure can help.
Instead of the ball being on the arm side, now we see a socket on the arm side, and the ball is actually on the shoulder side, or the socket side. What the reverse prosthesis does it allows us to stabilize the shoulder, normalize the center of rotation, thus improving function and relieving pain.
The surgery takes about 90 minutes and usually leads to a full recovery in around four months.
Surgeons in Europe have been performing RSP, or reverse shoulder procedure surgery, for 15 years with excellent results. Now the FDA has approved the surgery, but it still will take a while for it to catch on across the country.
Read more about Reverse Shoulder Surgery here
Surgeons are putting in the new shoulder joint "in reverse"
With the new reverse shoulder prosthesis, the classic ball-and-socket shape of the joint is basically reversed.
The shoulder is made up of a ball and socket joint and a rotator cuff. The ball connects to the arm, the socket connects to the shoulder blade. The rotator cuff is muscle that surrounds the joint and helps lift and rotate the arm. But in patients suffering from a torn rotator cuff or arthritis, this protection is gone and bone painfully scrapes against bone.
Now a new procedure can help.
Instead of the ball being on the arm side, now we see a socket on the arm side, and the ball is actually on the shoulder side, or the socket side. What the reverse prosthesis does it allows us to stabilize the shoulder, normalize the center of rotation, thus improving function and relieving pain.
The surgery takes about 90 minutes and usually leads to a full recovery in around four months.
Surgeons in Europe have been performing RSP, or reverse shoulder procedure surgery, for 15 years with excellent results. Now the FDA has approved the surgery, but it still will take a while for it to catch on across the country.
Read more about Reverse Shoulder Surgery here
Labels: arthritis, pain control, shoulder pain, surgery
