Patient TPV, 73 years old, in Hue City, was hospitalized with a large rotator cuff tendon tear and severe right shoulder osteoarthritis. Due to the large tear of the rotator cuff tendon falling deeply into the scapula glenoid with extensive tendon degeneration, recovery is not feasible.
Conducting consultation, doctors specializing in Orthopedics - Burns - Sports Medicine prescribed reverse total shoulder replacement surgery - a complex and advanced technique to treat the patient.
TPV patient's family members said that the patient had been in pain for a long time and had been examined and treated in many places but the disease was not detected and the pain was not relieved. By the time he was examined by a specialist here, the disease was severe and could not be treated to preserve the shoulder joint, so the shoulder joint had to be replaced.
The surgery was performed within 1 hour and 30 minutes, by Doctor Phung Cao Cuong. The surgery results were very successful, the patient is currently in stable condition, recovering well, and is practicing rehabilitation for the artificial shoulder joint.
Dr. Phung Cao Cuong added that there are two main types of artificial shoulder joints: anatomical shoulder joints and total reverse shoulder joints. Reversible total shoulder replacement is a relatively new surgery for patients in Vietnam in general and Da Nang in particular. However, this is a treatment trend for shoulder replacement treatment in the world, especially for cases of large tears, rotator cuff tendon degeneration or shoulder replacement.
The successful surgery has brought great confidence to the patient's family and the community.
