Shoulder replacement surgery info

[libinpanthappillil]

From American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons:

Article has great pictures, surgery descriptions, doe's and dont's --great teaching tool.

Shoulder Joint Replacement

Although shoulder joint replacement is less common than knee or hip replacement, it is just as successful in relieving joint pain.

Shoulder replacement surgery was first performed in the United States in the 1950s to treat severe shoulder fractures. Over the years, shoulder joint replacement has come to be used for many other painful conditions of the shoulder, such as different forms of arthritis.

Today, about 53,000 people in the U.S. have shoulder replacement surgery each year, according to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. This compares to more than 900,000 Americans a year who have knee and hip replacement surgery.

If nonsurgical treatments like medications and activity changes are no longer helpful for relieving pain, you may want to consider shoulder joint replacement surgery. Joint replacement surgery is a safe and effective procedure to relieve pain and help you resume everyday activities.

Whether you have just begun exploring treatment options or have already decided to have shoulder joint replacement surgery, this article will help you understand more about this valuable procedure....

[No Stars In My Eyes]

I came on line looking for info about shoulders and was going to ask for someone to give me some links I could go to; this particular link is exceptionally helpful.

I am a retired LPN whose husband (a big-rig driver for YEARS) fell in our back yard when we had all that snow 4 weeks ago. X-rays showed no broken bones, and today we got the results of the MRI: a full-thickness tear of the rotator cuff, the front bicep tendon tore off, and the doc said, "...and you have horrible, horrible arthritis along your collarbone." The bone that was impinging previously, that was a bone spur, has snapped off also and become a loose chip (Loose chips sink ships .)

Anyway, he goes to the surgeon on Thursday.

So, I appreciate this post being here, and thanks again.

PS: that's quite a online ID name you've got there!!!

[mycsm]

had a total shoulder replacement one yr ago this month, and wish I did it sooner.

[No Stars In My Eyes]

Just came back from 1st appt w/ surgeon; MUCH relieved; hubby will have rotator cuff repair/bicep tendon repair in an out-patient surgical center. So glad he won't have to have to have major surgery in the hospital! Recuperation will be a long, slow process ("a patience game" the surgeon said), but that's ok, he'll be retiring this fall anyway. Whew!

[mmc51264, BSN, MSN, RN]

I had shoulder sx-just a chip removed and it was the most painful thing I have been through. I have has 7 orthopedic sx and 2 c-sect. I did not have, but was told that a recliner is the easiest way to sleep. Best of luck!!!

Ironically, the pts that I see that have total shoulder replacement, seem to have way less pain than I would expect

[No Stars In My Eyes]

As I type this, he is asleep in the recliner, having had a bear of a night r/t "thundering" pain in his shoulder. Still have another week until surgery.