Neer total shoulder replacement in rheumatoid arthritis
- 1 November 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by British Editorial Society of Bone & Joint Surgery in The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. British volume
- Vol. 69-B (5), 723-726
- https://doi.org/10.1302/0301-620x.69b5.3680331
Abstract
Forty-two shoulders in 37 patients with polyarthritis were treated with Neer total shoulder replacements and reviewed 12 to 66 months afterwards. There was good pain relief and improvement in function, but the range of movement was less than that seen after replacements for osteoarthritis; this may have been related to the fact that 34 shoulders had abnormal rotator cuff tendons. Although there was a high incidence of radiolucent lines around the glenoid component, there was no clinical evidence of loosening. There were a few complications, but on the whole we feel that the Neer total shoulder arthroplasty is a valuable procedure for a patient with polyarthritis.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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