L'arthrodèse scapulo-humérale dans l'épaule non neurologique

Shoulder arthrodesis is more than a salvage method to reduce pain and gain stability. The objective should be to recover useful function (hand-mouth, hand-perineum, brachio-thoracic function). It should be used when prosthetic arthroplasty is not possible (infectious arthritis, advanced degenerative disease in young subjects, loss of glenoid bone stock, failure after treatment of multidirectional instability with degenerative disease). Shoulder arthrodesis still has rare indications because of the predictability of sustained outcome.