What is shoulder replacement surgery
Your shoulder right now is a ball and socket joint. Originally when shoulder replacement surgery was developed it was developed in what we would call an anatomic fashion replacing the ball with a new metal ball and replacing the socket with a new plastic socket such that it was anatomic it was just like you and that shoulder surgery worked great for people with severe arthritis. Still, there were limitations that surgery involved cutting one of the rotator cuff muscles to put the parts in to exchange your old ball and socket for a new ball and socket. when we were done with that surgery you'd have to repair that muscle and you'd have to after surgery immobilize the shoulder to make sure that heald well if you didn't immobilize the shoulder well those stitches could all pop out and the shoulder wouldn't work well additionally you may know that the rotator cuff can were and tear over the course of time and so five years down the road 20 years down the roads if you deve