Patients experiences - assisted consent - The Reading Shoulder Unit

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For Patients, GPs & Physiotherapies - New!!! NHS Choose & Book
The Unit at Berkshire Independent Hospital is open for NHS patients through Choose & Book (Extended Choice Network).
Book online or contact the secretaries. [Read more]
Excellent clinical results over more than 13 years with the Verso rTSA.
Very high patient satisfaction and return to full activities including sports. [Read more]
The least complications with the Verso shoulder compared with other reverse shoulder systems
From the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Birmingham, UK
S. Robati, M.K. Shahid, J. Allport, A. Ray and G. Sforza
Bone & Joint Journal 2013, Vol. 95-B Supp. 25-27

Complication Rates From Three Commonly Used Reverse Polarity Total Shoulder Replacements: A Minimum Two Year Follow-Up Of 64 Cases
Excellent results with the Verso TSA were published in Italy!
A group of oorthopaedic surgeons from northern Italy from Piacenza and Verona published their first few years experience with the stemless reverse TSA - The VERSO.
They present Excellent clinical and radiologic results that mirror the results of the designing centre!
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Groundbreaking research from the Reading Shoulder Unit by Prof. Ofer Levy and his team regarding Propionibacterium Acnes and shoulder arthritis.
Propionibacterium acnes: an underestimated etiology in the pathogenesis of osteoarthritis?

This is a very important article in that it suggests the presence of propionibacterium in previously unoperated shoulders with arthritis and furthermore that 'aseptic' failures of shoulder arthroplasty may, in fact, be related to indolent infections with this slow growing organism.
Read comments by Dr Frederick A. Matsen III, M.D.
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Listen to the BBC Radio4 programme - a day in the operating theatre at the Reading Shoulder Unit at the Royal Berkshire Hospital - Case Notes with Dr Mark Porter on Regional anaesthesia for shoulder surgery [Read more]
Art at the Reading Shoulder and Elbow Centre
Original fine art prints all dealing with human body in different situations by four artists are exhibited in the Reading Shoulder and Elbow centre

The prints on display are available to buy, with the artist contributing a donation to research. For more information please contact the secretaries in the unit.
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The Verso stemless rTSA is approved in Australia & New Zealand by the TGA.
and it was launched and in increase use in Australia.
Due to the current state of lockdown due the Coronavirus outbreak, We offer Virtual Video consultations for post-operative patients and follow-up and offer Virtual Video consultations for advice for new patients.

If interested please call:
Prof. Ofer Levy - Secretary - Cherie 07800875033
Mr. Giuseppe Sforza - Secretary - Tania 07488384479
NHS - Secretary - Gail 0118 902 8109
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Further scientific support from Robert Hudek et al. paper to Prof. Levy’s theory on the role of C Acnes in the aetiology of Osteoarthritis (Read More)

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Patient assisted consent for surgery

Patients' experiences

This section has been added to enable us to provide patients with a more complete overview of the surgical and rehabilitation experience. It comprises letters from patients regarding their overall surgical experience, and supplements the information provided by the medical team...a bit like talking to someone who has undergone a similar treatment to one that you may have been recommended. We hope the patients' viewpoint is useful to you and would appreciate any similar feedback, which may be put onto the website for the purpose of patient- assisted consent.