Treatment of rotator cuff deficient shoulders continues to evolve. Reverse total shoulder arthroplasty has proven effective for restoring forward elevation and abduction in patients who suffer from pseudoparalysis secondary to rotator cuff insufficiency. Unfortunately, reverse total shoulder arthroplasty is less effective at restoring lost external rotation function in patients with deficient p...

Background and purpose - Increasing numbers of shoulder arthroplasty are performed internationally. The predictors of intraoperative complications when implanting primary shoulder replacements are unknown. We determined the incidence of intraoperative complications during primary shoulder arthroplasty using the National Joint Registry of England, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Isle of Man (NJR...

Background Shoulder arthroplasty, in its different forms (hemiarthroplasty, total shoulder arthroplasty and reverse total shoulder arthroplasty) has transformed the clinical outcomes of shoulder disorders. Improvement of general clinical outcome is the result of stronger adequacy of the treatment to the diagnosis, enhanced surgical techniques, specific implanted materials, and more accurate fol...

In elderly patients with a low bone mineral density primary endoprosthesis shoulder joint is one of the methods surgical treatment. Goal. Perform historical review development reverse arthroplasty (RSA) analysis biomechanical features existing implants, their advantages and disadvantages to identify possible areas for further ways improvement. Methods. Search scientific information was performe...