Risks of reverse total shoulder arthroplasty

Complications are very rare

Some of the side effects and complications

• Sickness from the anesthesia
• Infection
• Nerve injury
• Blood vessel injury
• Bleeding
• Shoulder stiffness
• Failure of repair
• Your symptoms are not improved as much as you had hoped
• Stress fracture of the acromion bone where the deltoid starts
• Blood clots can form in your arms or legs and very rarely travel to your lungs
• Complex regional pain syndrome (a painful condition of the arm)
• Dislocation
  • This type of joint replacement can dislocate easier because of the way the cup is below the ball.
• A need for more surgery in the future due to a problem with the prosthetic (manufactured) parts