Arthrex completes 1st surgery of new Reverse Total Shoulder

FIRST ARTHREX REVERSE SHOULDER IMPLANT SURGERY PERFORMED (Orthopedics This Week)
Brian S. Cohen of Adena Health System, Chillicothe, Ohio, became the first U.S. surgeon to install Arthrex, Inc.’s new reverse shoulder implant, according to the company. The Food and Drug Administration approved the Arthrex Univers Revers device on May 31, 2013, and Cohen performed the procedure on a 72-year old-man during a live, international surgery simulcast to Germany and sites across the United States.
Reverse shoulder implant surgery is intended to replace the ball and socket of the rotator cuff, giving th...