The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (American). 2007;89:233-235.
doi:10.2106/JBJS.F.01394
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Editorial

The Reverse Total Shoulder Prosthesis

The New Kid on the Block

Charles A. Rockwood, Jr., MD1

1 Department of Orthopaedics
University of Texas Health Science Center
San Antonio, Texas

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The article entitled "The Use of the Reverse Shoulder Prosthesis for the Treatment of Failed Hemiarthroplasty for Proximal Humeral Fracture" by Levy et al. in this issue describes how the reverse shoulder prosthesis offers a reasonable, and perhaps the only, salvage solution for the complications that occur following the use of a prosthesis for the treatment of some fractures of the proximal part of the humerus. The authors point out that the reverse shoulder prosthesis should only be implanted by shoulder surgeons who have experience in reconstructive shoulder surgery.

As one of the senior shoulder surgeons in this country and a founding member of the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons, I wrote this editorial to let the reader know that, yes indeed, there is a new and different prosthesis that is available for the treatment of selected severe uncommon shoulder problems. While I have a financial relationship with the . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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