Types of Shoulder replacement surgery

When the Non-surgical methods fail to treat Shoulder arthritis, your doctor will suggest you to opt for Shoulder joint replacement surgery. Shoulder replacement surgery is done to remove all the damaged parts and is replaced with artificially made prosthetic parts made of metals or plastics.


Shoulder replacement surgery includes relieve from severe pain of arthritis and increases your ease and range of motion. 

Different types of Shoulder Replacement surgeries are

  • Total/Traditional shoulder replacement

It is the most dependable option for severely damaged shoulder, it is the complete replacement of the shoulder (both ball and socket parts). After the surgery, range of motion is restored and arthritis pain is relieved. This is contraindicated if there is damage to the rotator cuff or rotator cuff tear arthropathy.

  • Reverse Total Shoulder Replacement
This is also the total replacement of ball and socket from the joint with the prosthesis but the manner of replacement is reverse of that of traditional surgery, The ball prosthesis is fitted at patients socket, and the ball of humorous is replaced with prosthetic socket. It is mainly performed for the patient with severe damage to rotator cuff as the case of rotator cuff tear arthropathy.

  • Partial Shoulder Replacement/ Hemiarthroplasty
In this the replacement of only the ball is done at humeral head. This is taken into account if the damage is less severe and depending upon the extent of damage to the components of the shoulder.

  • Shoulder resurfacing
This is also a type of hemiarthroplasty , where the damage of ball at humeral head does not require replacement, instead a cap is fitted by the surgeon in place of the damaged portion. This improves the function of shoulder and requires help of physical therapist to gain the movement.

The type of surgery opted by the orthopaedist vary from person to person. Various factors are taken into account before opting for a surgical procedure. These factors can be age, physical condition, long-term ailments and many more. Also before surgery full physical examination and x-ray imaging is done. After getting the normal results, surgery is performed without any delay as per the requirement.

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