Building Better Shoulders With A Novel Three Dimensional Imaging Technology

Current methods of shoulder replacement may have post-operative complications such as imprecise fit of implant and therefore requires additional surgeries. A recently developed CT scan based 3D pre-operative planning method, approved by US FDA, will revolutionize the pre-operative planning in joint replacement surgeries. This article gives a brief introduction to revolutionizing 3D pre-operative planning technology.

Shoulder pain is very common and could be caused due to arthritis, bone fracture or due to tearing of rotator cuff. If pain relief, treatments with glucocorticoid injections, rest and physiotherapy are not helpful to relive the shoulder pain, after a clear diagnosis and information obtained through structural imaging, doctors might advise their patients to consider shoulder joint replacement surgery. Shoulder joint replacement surgeries are unusual than hip or knee…