Excision arthroplasty following shoulder replacement


Published online: Aug 27 2011

Charalambos P. Charalambous, Shivappa Saidapur, Farhan Alvi, John Haines, Ian Trail

From Victoria Hospital, Blackpool, UK and Wrightington Hospital, Wigan, U.K.

Abstract

Excision arthroplasty of the shoulder is a rarely performed procedure used in cases where replacement of a failed arthroplasty is not feasible. We report four cases of excision arthroplasty following a shoulder replacement, one performed for infection and three for instability. Excision arthroplasty resulted in very poor function with pain improvement in only two cases.

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