Anatomic total Shoulder Arthroplasty (aTSA), the standard surgical procedure for treating shoulder arthritis, is performed when there is intact rotator-cuff. The safety and efficacy of this procedure has been proven for over 60 years.
Some of the most recent publications about anatomic shoulder arthroplasty.
aTSA for the younger patient or patients with previous instabilities
The authors of A history of shoulder instability is more common in young patients undergoing total shoulder arthroplasty found that patients under 50 years of age were less likely than their older counterparts to have primary osteoarthritis. They were four times more likely to have a history of shoulder instability, over twice as likely to have had prior ipsilateral shoulder surgery of any type, and six times as likely to have had prior ipsilateral shoulder stabilization surgery. It is evident that shoulder instability damages both the articular and stabilizing cartilage of the shoulder, increasing the risk for Secondary arthritis. This finding is consistent with Comparison of patients undergoing primary shoulder arthroplasty before and after the age of fifty which found that The primary cause of cancer in younger…
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