The Evolution of Reverse Total Shoulder Arthroplasty-Where Do We Stand and What Comes Next?

Stefan Bauer; Lukas Ernstbrunner

doi:10.3390/jcm12051945

The Evolution of Reverse Total Shoulder Arthroplasty-Where Do We Stand and What Comes Next?

J Clin Med. 2023 Mar 1;12(5):1945. doi: 10.3390/jcm12051945.

Authors

Stefan Bauer^{1

2}, Lukas Ernstbrunner^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Service d'Orthopédie et de Traumatologie, Chirurgie de l'Épaule, Ensemble Hospitalier de la Côte, 1110 Morges, Switzerland.
² Medical School, University of Western Australia, 35 Sterling Highway, Perth, WA 6009, Australia.
³ Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Royal Melbourne Hospital, 300 Grattan Street, Parkville, Melbourne, VIC 3050, Australia.
⁴ Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia.

Abstract

Over 35 years ago, the pioneer Paul Grammont from Lyon published his ideas of a reversed semi-constraint prosthesis improving the moment arm of the deltoid by medializing the center of rotation and lengthening of the arm and thus increasing deltoid muscle tension [...].

Keywords: biomechanics; history; implant design; lateralization; mixed reality; reverse total shoulder arthroplasty.

Publication types

Editorial