• Shoulder hemiarthroplasty is a shoulder replacement in which the broken humeral head is replaced with an artificial joint and the fractured bone is reconstructed around the artificial joint. (medscape.com)
  • To avoid the dreaded and expected wear of the glenoid in very active shoulders, implants with humeral head coated with a high resistant and elastic material-pyrolytic carbon-are now an option. (hindawi.com)
  • Because of the potential risk of loosening of the glenoid component, this procedure is recommended in elderly patients. (geisslermd.com)
  • It is a shoulder replacement surgery in which the arm bone is replaced with a prosthetic metal implant, and the remaining half of the shoulder joint, called the glenoid, is left intact. (maxhealthcare.in)
  • Glenoid hypoplasia, first described by Valentine in 1931, 6 is a rare developmental abnormality, which affects the osseous development of the inferior glenoid. (scielo.org.za)
  • One and two-year clinical outcomes for a polyethylene glenoid with a fluted peg: one thousand two hundred seventy individual patients from eleven centers. (mattioli1885journals.com)
  • From January 2002 to May 2013, nine patients (ten shoulders) with radiological signs of glenoid hypoplasia were identified. (scielo.org.za)