Information around artificial shoulder joints
Indication for a shoulder prosthesis
In this case the destruction due to an arthrosis in a patient with an assumed genetic disposition made it necessary to implant a total shoulder.
A humeral head necrosis after excessive alcohol consumption over years caused enormous shoulder pain and lead to the implantation of an artificial joint.
This old lady fell down the stairs and suffered from a fracture of the humeral head. Depending on the individual situation some surgeons prefer to try a reconstruction, in other countries usually a hemiprosthesis is implanted initially.
A rheumatoid arthritis can also lead to the implantation of a shoulder prosthesis. The patients expectation, muscular situation and other individual factors are very important for the surgeon´s indication to operate on a rheumatoid destructed shoulder.
Different circumstances might make it necessary to implant an artificial shoulder joint. In general it´s a destruction of the shoulder joint. The destruction might be due to an arthrosis, a trauma, rheumatoid arthritis, unreduced shoulder dislocation, humeral head necrosis or other causes. When and which type of shoulder prosthesis is implanted differs from country to country and especially from the experience of your surgeon. Here are some examples of situations which made it necessary to implant an artificial shoulder joint:
