revision shoulder replacement

Revision Shoulder Arthroplasty

Issues

 

Rule out infection

Assess rotator cuff / bone stock preoperatively

Approach

- difficult / scarring +++

- very difficult to restore any loss of ROM

Removal of prosthesis

Glenoid

- may not be able to revise

Humeral component

- long stem

 

Investigations

 

Rule out infection

- CRP / ESR

- ultrasound or xray guided aspiration