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Anatomic and reverse shoulder replacement: how the procedures differ, who they suit and what recovery involves.
Total Shoulder Arthroplasty
At ten years, no hemiarthroplasty patients were pain free, against 42% of total shoulder patients.
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Total Shoulder Arthroplasty
There is no single right age. Four questions that make the decision case-specific rather than arbitrary.
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Total Shoulder Arthroplasty
My randomized trial found delayed motion produced higher healing rates — and healing predicted better function at one year.
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Total Shoulder Arthroplasty
Our patients report pain falling from 6.6 to 1.5 out of 10, and shoulder function rising from 28% to 84% of normal.
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Total Shoulder Arthroplasty
Osteoarthritis cannot be reversed, but its progress can be slowed and the pain managed.
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Total Shoulder Arthroplasty
Patient satisfaction was 91% with reverse replacement against 61% with hemiarthroplasty in the same surgeon's hands.
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Total Shoulder Arthroplasty
A stage-by-stage timeline from the first four weeks through to full activity at six months.
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Total Shoulder Arthroplasty
At five years, self-reported quality of life after reverse replacement matched that of the normal population.
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Total Shoulder Arthroplasty
Medicare data shows OSI has the shortest length of stay after shoulder replacement of any provider in the Western US.
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Total Shoulder Arthroplasty
The reverse replacement solved problems that had no solution — but in younger patients it may be reached for too soon.
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Total Shoulder Arthroplasty
A simple pre-surgery skin prep with benzoyl peroxide reduced C. acnes tenfold in published studies.
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Total Shoulder Arthroplasty
Chronic shoulder pain affects sleep and mood as severely as heart failure or diabetes, by published measures.
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Total Shoulder Arthroplasty
Rosemary Harrington was back on the golf course five months after an outpatient reverse shoulder replacement.
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Total Shoulder Arthroplasty
Steve Davison travelled 1,931 miles for his rotator cuff repair. This is how he chose his surgeon.
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