What is osteoarthritis and what are hemiarthroplasty surgery and total shoulder arthroplasty?
Osteoarthritis (OA) is a disease of the joints, such as the shoulder. When the joint loses cartilage, the bone grows to try and repair the damage. Instead of making things better, however, the bone grows abnormally and makes things worse. Osteoarthritis (OA) of the shoulder causes pain, stiffness and weakness in the shoulder joints. This can affect how well the shoulder moves and how well a person can do routine things at home or at work. There are many types of surgery for OA of the shoulder. This review found results for two types of surgery.2 Shoulder hemiarthroplasty is the surgical replacement of only one part of the joint (the humeral head) with an artificial one. Total shoulder arthroplasty is the surgical replacement of parts of the joint with artificial ones. The choice of surgery is usually based on the condition of your shoulder joint. Best estimate of what happens to people with osteoarthritis two years after the surgery: Pain: – people who had total shoulder arthroplasty r
