First Reverse Shoulder Replacement Surgery In The North Successfully Performed At Sps Hospitals By Dr HS Gill

Surgery Hitherto Prevalent Only In Indian Metros And The West
Ludhiana, March 6, 2017: A complex Reverse shoulder replacement surgery was performed at SPS Hospitals, Ludhiana by Dr Harpreet S Gill, Head of Joint replacement and Orthopaedic Department.

According to Dr Gill, this was performed for the first time in the region North of Delhi. He was addressing the media persons here on Monday.

Reverse Shoulder Replacement is the new treatment for shoulder fractures in elderly, in cases of arthritis of shoulder with muscle tears or in certain complex shoulder problems and in those where the normal shoulder replacement has failed.

Surgery was performed on a 72-year-old female from Patiala. She was having shoulder pain for the last 8-10 years and had tried all sorts of treatment but to no avail. All the movements of her shoulder were lost and even slight movement of shoulder caused pain. She was unable to sleep for hours because of severe pain and her activities of daily living were comprised. Now at about 2 months post reverse shoulder replacement she is pain free and has regained her shoulder movements.

Dr Gill, who has been trained at Johns Hopkins University Hospital, USA for this says that in the west too, this type of shoulder replacement started around 10 years back and is now being done routinely. However, in India this surgery is still in early stage as the patient awareness is less and the doctor training for such surgery is lacking in India.

The reverse shoulder uses a ball and socket joint as well, but the ball is placed on the shoulder blade and cup on top of the arm bone. This is reverse of our normal anatomy, and thus the name.