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Accreditation Dings - August 2013 - Outpatient Surgery Magazine

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OSE_1308_part3_Layout 1 8/8/13 11:10 AM Page 123 PRODUCT News Great ideas for your OR Reverse Total Shoulder Arthroplasty Arthrex's shoulder implant replaces the rotator cuff's ball and socket. eplacing a shoulder joint, like replacing a hip, involves a ball and a socket. Conventional implants replicate the head of the humerus and the glenoid it fits into. But when a patient suffers an irreparable rotator cuff tear, or when previous attempts at cuff repair have proven unsuccessful, conventional shoulder replacement might just result in pain and limited motion. In a procedure known as reverse total shoulder arthroplasty, however, a ball is fixed to the glenoid and a socket to the humerus. This anatomical reversal shifts the work of powering and positioning the arm from the rotator cuff tendon to the deltoid muscle, returning ability and mobility to the injured patient. Reverse shoulder implants originated in Europe in the 1980s, and the FDA has allowed the procedure for nearly a decade. Now, a new entry in the field — Arthrex's Univers Revers Shoulder Arthroplasty ROLE REVERSAL System (arthrex.com) — offers variations The Arthrex Univers Revers shoulder that observers say set it apart from other implant accommoavailable implants on the market. dates patients with complex rotator cuff "The analogy is, it's as if we have more injuries. than one golf club in our bag," says Brian S. R A U G U S T 2013 | O U T PAT I E N T S U R G E R Y M A G A Z I N E O N L I N E 1 2 3

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