Robert Zanotti, MD, Is First Lorain County, Ohio Orthopedic Surgeon to Perform Reverse Total Shoulder R...( Dr. Robert Z...)

Dr. Robert Zanotti at the Center for Orthopedics in Sheffield Village, Ohio, just west of Cleveland, now offers reverse total shoulder replacement surgery. This innovative procedure relieves pain and restores shoulder function for patients without an intact rotator cuff. Until now, these individuals -- who are not candidates for traditional shoulder replacement -- had been told they "just had to live with the pain."

Sheffield Village, OH (PRWEB) Sept. 1, 2009 -- "Until recently, patients in serious need of shoulder replacement were told they weren't candidates for surgery if they didn't have an intact rotator cuff -- the group of muscles and their tendons that stabilize the shoulder," says board-certified orthopedic surgeon Robert Zanotti, MD.

"Now, a revolutionary procedure called reverse total shoulder replacement can help these patients live a normal life," says Dr. Zanotti, who traveled to France with his brother, orthopedic surgeon Daniel Zanotti, MD, to be trained in the technique. Only a small number of leading orthopedic surgeons perform reverse total shoulder replacement in the U.S.

"Reverse total shoulder replacement can help patients with failed rotator cuff repair and shoulder arthritis," Dr. Zanotti explains. "Individuals with a broken shoulder that did not heal properly are also candidates for this procedure. Other patients have reverse total shoulder repla
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