Our shoulder is composed of a ball and socket arrangement that allows rotating our arm. In a healthy person, the ball will be at the center in a shallow socket and at a stable position with the reinforcement provided by the glenoid labrum. Sudden damage caused to the shoulder may tear your glenoid labrum below…
Category: Orthopedic surgery
Rotator Cuff Repair The rotator cuff is a combination of muscles and tendon which link upper arm bone, humerus to your shoulder blades. The rotator cuff holds the upper arm bone in right place in shoulder socket. There are four muscles in rotator cuff which are supraspinatus, infraspinatus, teres minor and subscapularis. Each muscle is…
HIP REPLACEMENT SURGERY The hip replacement surgery is used to replace a part of pelvis and femur which form the hip joint. It is also known as hip arthroplasty. TYPES OF HIP REPLACEMENT SURGERY There are three types of hip replacement surgery. Total hip replacement In this type of surgery, the damaged part of hip is…
The shoulder dislocation happens when head of the humerus is out of shoulder joint. There are some symptoms include shoulder pain, instability. Mostly there are two types of surgeries which are used: Arthroscopic Shoulder Surgery: The surgery for dislocated shoulder is required to tight the torn or stretch ligaments. The surgeon may also repair the…