The Use of an External Cutting Guide for Patient-Specific Bone Grafting in Reverse Total Shoulder Arthroplasty: A Novel Technique
Graeme T Harding, Aaron J Bois, Joseph T Cavanagh, Martin J Bouliane · 2023
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Description
Graeme Harding and co-authors present a new cutting guide for shoulder replacement bone grafts in a 2023 paper. In reverse shoulder surgery, a worn socket often lacks the bone needed to seat the implant. A misplaced baseplate can loosen early, so the missing bone must be rebuilt with a graft cut to fit.
Surgeons today shape grafts freehand or with generic guides that cut one standard shape. The team's external guide instead shapes the graft to the patient's own deformity, trapezoid or angled as needed. The article walks through the technique step by step. Better graft fit should mean better implant position and stability. The authors offer the method as a precision upgrade for a fiddly step.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Graeme T Harding, Aaron J Bois, Joseph T Cavanagh, Martin J Bouliane |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 24 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |