title: Total shoulder arthroplasty.
abstract: Surgeons perform total shoulder arthroplasty (TSA) procedures to reduce patients' intractable arthritic pain and to repair humeral head fractures. Total shoulder arthroplasty has undergone remarkable advances--not only in prosthetic improvements and refinements--but in patient outcomes. Advantages to TSA procedures include decreased pain and patients' increased ability to perform activities of daily living.
authors.affiliation: Orthopedic Services, Great Lakes (Ill) Naval Hospital, USA.
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Owens
mesh_terms: D001178:Arthroplasty / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing / Q000534:rehabilitation; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D007595:Joint Prosthesis / Q000451:nursing / Q000534:rehabilitation; D010146:Pain / Q000601:surgery; D018579:Patient Selection; D013527:Perioperative Nursing; D012782:Shoulder / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D012785:Shoulder Joint / Q000601:surgery*