SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Presented results showed hemiarthroplasty with a pyrolytic carbon humeral head yielded positive 2-year clinical outcomes for patients with glenohumeral arthritis and proximal humeral avascular necrosis.
“[Pyrolytic carbon] is a ceramic deposition of carbon onto graphite that’s loaded with tungsten, so it can be seen on an X-ray and placed through a special tube that deposits carbon in crystalline form,” Armodios M. Hatzidakis, MD, said in his presentation at the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons Annual Meeting. “It’s biologically