Dr. Nicola Ivaldo´s solution
with the LINK Embrace Shoulder System

Patient case from Acqui Terme, Italy

Dr. Nicola Ivaldo

Head of Shoulder Unit

Casa di Cura Habilita Villa Igea – Acqui Terme (AL)

Pre-op

  • 48-year-old male, active, physically demanding job
  • Primary osteoarthritis
  • Intact rotator cuff
  • No glenoid dismorphism
  • Almost conserved function, but severe pain unresponsive to physiotherapy and steroid/hyaluronic acid injection

Post-op

Result

  • TSA (anatomic) with short stem, uncemented
  • Humeral Head ø 50 mm (16 mm height)
  • with Head Adapter 2 mm offset
  • Convertible Glenoid size M
  • Subscapularis reinforcement with
  • multiple non absorbable sutures

 

6-month follow-up

  • No major/minor complications
  • Very good clinical evolution in
  • regard to the ROM
  • No pain
  • Return to work 4 months after surgery

 

PATIENT CASES


 

Prof. Dr. R. Capanna

Patient Case from
Pisa, Italy
 

Dr. D. Heredia

Patient Case from
Madrid, Spain
 

Dr. A. Margies

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St. Ingbert, Germany
 

PD Dr. M. Braito, PhD

Patient Case from
Austria
 

Dr. S. Pietsch

Patient Case from
Eisenberg, Germany
 

Dr. G. Claret Garcia

Patient Case from
Barcelona, Spain

Dr. J. Beardi

Patient Case from
Fulda, Germany
 

Dr. N. Ivaldo

Patient Case from
Italy
 

Dr. M. A. Ruiz Ibán

Patient Case from
Madrid, Spain
 

Dr. P. Cañete

Patient Case from
Valencia, Spain
 

Dr. E. Guerra

Patient Case from
Bologna, Italy
 

PD Dr. J. Kircher

Patient Case from
Hamburg, Germany
 

Dr. J. Löwe

Patient Case from
Kiel, Germany