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PATIENT INFORMATION Shoulder Replacement Surgery
Source: Orthopaedics/Physiotherapy Reference No: 5055-7 Issue date: 01/03/2021 Review date: 01/03/2024 Page 1 of 12 PATIENT INFORMATION Shoulder Replacement Surgery Introduction This booklet is designed to give you a general understanding of what happens before and after your operation. It may help to prepare you for the operation and also show how you can assist in your recovery. If you are given this booklet before your operation, please bring it with you when you come for any clinic appointments, Pre-Admission Clinic and your admission. Then keep this booklet in a safe place, as you may need to refer to it from time to time.
anaesthetic. At surgery the shoulder joint is replaced with an artificial joint. There are two main types of shoulder replacement: 1. Shoulder replacement: At surgery the ball at the top of the humerus is removed and replaced with an artificial component. The socket is prepared to accept a plastic cup which is inserted using bone cement. 2.
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