Reverse Total Shoulder Arthroplasty

JoVE 2281 7/05/2011

Christopher J. Lenarz, Reuben Gobezie

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery – Division of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, Case Western Reserve University

Reverse total shoulder arthroplasty is indicated for the treatment of conditions that cannot be treated with conventional arthroplasty or other procedures. These primarily include degenerative and incapacitating conditions with irreparable rotator cuff and loss of the normal biomechanical coupling of the shoulder.