Traditional shoulder replacements use a ball-shaped implant at the top of the arm bone, nestling into a cup-shaped socket in the shoulder – just like the normal anatomy.

Going in reverse. An anatomical shoulder joint replacement is essentially a copy of the normal anatomy of a shoulder. The socket you were born with is replaced with a synthetic cup and the head of ...

Treatment of the glenoid in primary and revision shoulder arthroplasty remains challenging. From a technical standpoint, achieving adequate exposure and recreating normal anatomic parameters may ...

The shoulder is made up of three bones (humerus, scapula and clavicle), which connect with each other on four joint surfaces. The main joint is that between the scapula (shoulder-blade) and the upper ...

The shoulder is a complex joint system — three bones and five joints — that can move in multiple directions. Your normal shoulder range of motion depends on your health and flexibility. Learn ...

The shoulder is the most commonly dislocated joint in the human body. The incidence of shoulder dislocation is increasing.1 Recurrence is common and occurs in as many as 67% of cases.2 Patients often ...

THE SPECIALIST As the chairman of orthopedic surgery at Mount Sinai Beth Israel, Peter McCann has spent the past 28 years focusing on the treatment of shoulder problems. WHO’S AT RISK It was … ...