Reverse surgical solution for a painful shoulder

Wednesday, March 25, 2009 - 10:21 in Health & Medicine

A few months ago, 63-year old Leona Carter could no longer use her right arm. She couldn't raise it, brush her teeth or get dressed. The constant pain in her right shoulder was due to a massive and irreparable rotator cuff tear, along with severe arthritis. Her shoulder joint had worn out and the rotator cuff tendons in that shoulder were torn beyond repair. She put up with the pain as long as she could, but it eventually became unbearable...

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