Abstract:Bilateral shoulder joint disorders caused by rheumatoid arthritis significantly impair
daily functioning owing to a lack of contralateral compensation. In Japan, reverse
shoulder joint prostheses were approved in 2014. This was expected to improve the surgical
outcomes of rheumatoid shoulder arthroplasty. We report two patients with rheumatoid
arthritis who underwent bilateral reverse shoulder arthroplasty. This study aims to
evaluate their postoperative clinical outcomes and activities of daily living. The
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