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Reverse Total Shoulder Arthroplasty
Published on: July 5, 2011
Lengthener loosening in a reversed shoulder prosthesis: a case report
Harm W Boons1, Corne J van Loon, Willard J Rijnberg
1Department of orthopaedics, Rijnstate Hospital, P.O. Box 9555, 6800 TA Arnhem, The Netherlands. hwboons@hotmail.com
Acta Orthopaedica Belgica
|December 9, 2008
Abstract:
The reverse shoulder prosthesis is designed for the treatment of glenohumeral arthritis with irreparable cuff arthropathy. Although it has given good short term results the prosthesis is not free of complications. In this case report we describe an implant-related complication.