Good evening @cherrie ......Happy New Year and welcome to Connect.

Let's see if I can help you with your question about selecting a surgeon for a reverse shoulder replacement. Of course, I highly recommend the Mayo Clinic for surgery. My first experience with the Mayo Clinic was as a caregiver to my life partner for prostate surgery. I was very impressed with the way Mayo personnel handled every aspect of the surgery and the post-surgery care which still goes on today 6 years after the surgery.

I also was very pleased with my reverse shoulder replacement surgery performed at the Eisenhower Hospital in California. So far I have had 4 shoulder surgeries, 3 on the right and 1 on the left. My surgeon actually and quite painstakingly taught me everything he could about the reverse shoulder. We watched a movie together and he made sure there was an engineer in the surgery room.

At that time. about 12 years ago...reverse shoulder surgeries were pretty new here in the US. The surgery was developed in France and brought to the US. Insurance companies were hesitant to approve them and felt I was too young ....meaning that I might have post-surgery issues for which they would have to pay. My surgeon talked to the insurance company to reassure them of his expertise and my need for the surgery.

My surgeon was with me every step of the way. In the evening after the surgery, he was in my room just sitting and making sure I didn't make any wrong moves or have issues that perhaps the nursing staff wouldn't know how to handle. Even the anesthesiologist stopped by to find out how I recovered from the anesthesia.

The engineers have worked on the mechanism a bit more in the last few years and you can have the replacement made to fit your shoulder. I had only two options and although there is no pain, I can tell it isn't a perfect fit.

Are you already a Mayo Clinic patient? Do you have a medical professional who can refer you to the Mayo Clinic? You can find the application for Mayo Clinic on the Connect home page. Please let me know if you have additional questions or worries. Getting accurate information can help release your anxiety.

May you be free of suffering and the causes of suffering.
Chris