Glenoid Bone Grafting With Reverse Total Shoulder Arthroplasty

We present a case of an elderly patient with glenoid erosion causing a significantly abnormal glenoid version. In this technique, the cut portion of the humeral head was utilized as bone graft. The head was shaped to restore the glenoid version, and the graft was held in place with glenoid insertion techniques. The patient described recovered quickly after the surgery, and she has demonstrated excellent results. These results are similar to those seen by the senior author while utilizing this technique. This is currently our preferred method of addressing glenoid version abnormalities in reverse total shoulder arthroplasty.
Source: Techniques in Shoulder and Elbow Surgery - Category: Orthopaedics Tags: Techniques Source Type: research