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Reverse Shoulder Replacement the plastic acting as rotator cuff
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By shorter, do you mean both shoulders are not level when you look in a mirror? My shoulders are level, the only difference is that there is a flat depression from just under the collar bone to the top of the shoulder where the front rotator cuff muscles were removed for the reverse TSR. But unless you are looking for it, it is not obvious now that the thin scar has healed. I wear sleeveless tank tops or spaghetti straps in the summer and no one notices that one side is a bit less filled out.
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Using a vertical line from the center of your body, the left side (surgical side) is 1 ½" shorter than the right from an identical position on each shoulder to center.
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I have something a little different,my replacement shoulder slopes downward. I was told when the muscle is built back up,this will correct. Unfortunately,it’s been 15 months since my surgery and my deltoids have not come back. It’s is not as pronounced as it was,but unless I wear something right up to my neck,my tops slip down on that side.