KKH conducts rare Total shoulder replacement operation

Riyadh, October 03, SPA -- A Medical multidisciplinary team of King
Khalid Hospital (KKH), an affiliate of King Saud University (KSU),
has conducted a rare operation, the first of its kind in the Gulf
Cooperation Council (GCC) states.

Dr. Abdulaziz bin Suleiman Al-Aheidib, Consultant Orthopedic
Surgeon and a specialist in shoulder surgery as well as Assistant
Professor at the Faculty of Medicine, KSU, said that the operation
was performed on a 83 year-old Saudi female patient who was suffering
from pains in the right shoulder for several years with inability to
lift the shoulder or use it in daily activities, noting that clinical
examination ,X-rays and MRI showed a severe friction in the shoulder
joint as a result of a tear in Rotator Cuff muscles.

The Reverse ® total shoulder replacement used in the operation has
been designed by Dr. Mark A. Frankle, Orthopaedic Surgeon, Florida
Orthopaedic Institute, Tampa, Florida, who uses implants and
instrumentation in shoulder replacement.

The entire process was conducted by using Regional anesthesia and
that the patient is now, after process of rehabilitation, able to use
her shoulder in daily activities but she is still in a period of
rehabilitation and physiotherapy.
--SPA