J Korean Shoulder Elbow Soc.  2009 Dec;12(2):232-235.

The Primary Reverse Total Shoulder Arthroplasty for Post-septic Destroyed Shoulder: A Case Report

• Moon YL
• Nam KY
• Jo SH
• Venkat G

Abstract

PURPOSE
We report here on a solution for the case of a 71 year old lady with cartilage destruction in the left shoulder and the loss of the rotator cuff secondary to post-septic arthritic sequelae.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
After thorough laboratory, clinical and radiological investigation of the patient to rule out any foci of active infection, we contemplated performing reverse total shoulder arthroplasty as a primary procedure.
RESULTS
At 22 months follow up, the patient had an excellent result according to the UCLA and ASES scales.
CONCLUSION
Reverse total shoulder arthroplasty seems to be an efficient procedure to improve pain and function in the post-septic shoulder accompanying severe rotator cuff injury.

Keyword

Shoulder; Septic arthritis; Sequelae; Reverse total shoulder arthroplasty

MeSH Terms

Arthritis, Infectious
Arthroplasty
Cartilage
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Rotator Cuff
Shoulder