Total Shoulder Replacement

Total Shoulder Replacement

Orthopaedic Surgery | NHS, Self-Pay, Insured

If you have severe pain, stiffness and disability, a shoulder replacement should reduce your pain and help you to move your shoulder more easily.

What is a shoulder replacement?

A shoulder replacement involves replacing the shoulder joint if it has been damaged by injury or worn away by arthritis. When arthritis affects the shoulder it causes the lining of these joint surfaces to wear, causing pain and stiffness.

During a shoulder replacement, both the head of the humerus and the socket are replaced with artificial surfaces. Artificial shoulder parts are usually made of metal or plastic, or a combination of these.

What does a shoulder replacement involve?

The operation usually takes 1 to 2 hours. A variety of anaesthetic techniques are possible. Your surgeon will make a cut on the front of your shoulder and remove the damaged ball (head of the humerus). They will replace the ball and sometimes also the socket. The new ball is made of metal and the socket is usually made of plastic.

The shoulder replacement is fixed into the bone using a special coating on the arm side of your shoulder joint.

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Are there any alternatives to a shoulder replacement?

  • Simple painkillers such as paracetamol and anti-inflammatory painkillers such as ibuprofen can help control the pain.
  • Regular moderate exercise can help to reduce stiffness in your arthritic shoulder.
  • A steroid injection into the shoulder joint can sometimes reduce pain and stiffness.

All of these measures become less effective as your arthritis gets worse.

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This document is intended for information purposes only and should not replace advice that your relevant health professional would give you.

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Guide price for self-pay patients

Shoulder Replacement (Total)

Estimated Cost *
Initial Consultation from £220
Diagnostics from £85
 Treatment from £14,452

Estimated total cost from £14,757
Estimated length of stay 3 nights

* The guide price is effective from 1st January 2024

What's included

The treatment price includes surgery, a private en-suite room, inpatient physiotherapy when applicable, and follow-up consultation. The initial consultation fee and diagnostics will be charged separately. Our private patients also receive continuity of care up to and including 120 days following surgery.

The guide price is based on the usual clinical needs of patients. The price you pay might be different depending on your medical history and the type of implant you choose or your Consultant advises is best for you. Not all Consultants are signed up to Horder Healthcare’s treatment price, please check prior to your appointment.

Your price quotation will be made clear to you before you proceed with any tests, consultations, or treatment.

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* Price Promise terms & conditions:

(1) Initial consultation(s), diagnostic scans/tests and investigations required to establish a diagnosis are not part of your procedure price.
(2) Our price promise does not include Private Patient Units at NHS hospitals.
(3) Local area defined as within 15 miles of The Horder Centre hospital.
(4) We will match against personalised, written quotes only.
(5) Quotations must be less than 90 days old.
(6) Patients must meet the clinical criteria for admission to the Horder Centre.

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