Total shoulder arthroplasty is a procedure that replaces the shoulder with an artificial joint. The surgeon removes the ball of the shoulder and places a metal stem that goes into the arm bone, or ...

Your shoulder, the most mobile joint in the body, helps you lift, reach, push, pull and rotate the upper extremity. When an injury or arthritis limits this movement, it can be a painful and ...

Doctors are using a new, less invasive form of surgery to replace injured shoulders. The stemless shoulder replacement works particularly well in younger patients whose bones may not be as worn as ...

Sixty-three-year-old John Bowling has led an active life, but a few years ago, serious shoulder pain started to interfere with his lifestyle. Bowling says his pain, which came from degenerative ...

With the rotator cuff sparing technique, Dr. Michael Greiwe accesses a patient’s shoulder joint from the back, rather than the front. Have trouble moving your shoulder? Can’t reach the top shelf or ...

Many people have shoulder pain at some point. Usually, it goes away after a while. But when shoulder pain sticks around, it can indicate a more serious issue, like arthritis. Although conservative ...

Paul Favorito, MD, an orthopedic shoulder surgeon at The Christ Hospital Health Network, became the first in the Midwest to utilize a new minimally invasive rotator cuff sparing shoulder replacement ...

(WNDU) - Shoulder replacement is the third most common replacement in the U.S., following hip and knee replacements. It’s mostly needed due to arthritis, causing severe bone-on-bone joint pain. But ...

As of January 1, primary shoulder replacements are approved by Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to be performed in the ambulatory surgery center (ASC) environment. The CMS, in its wisdom ...