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Reverse Total Shoulder Arthroplasty
Published on: July 5, 2011
Glenoid reconstruction bone loss with a pediculated coracoid autograft during shoulder arthroplasty. A technical note
Alexandre Lädermann1, Naif AlAmer2, Patrick J Denard3
1Division of Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery, La Tour Hospital, 3, avenue J.-D. Maillard, 1217 Meyrin, Switzerland; Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, 1, rue Michel Servet, 1211 Genève 4, Switzerland; Division of Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery, Department of Surgery, Geneva University Hospitals, 4, rue Gabrielle-Perret-Gentil, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland.
Abstract:
Reconstruction of glenoid bone loss is a difficult but often required component of shoulder arthroplasty. A variety of free autografts or allografts have been proposed for reconstruction. While Latarjet is well accepted for the management of anterior instability, the use of a coracoid graft has not been described in conjunction with shoulder arthroplasty. We propose that anterior and central glenoid bone defects can be reconstructed with the coracoid process. to provide a vascularized local structural autograft. Level of evidence: IV.
