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Shoulder replacement set out by someone who had one: how total, reverse, and partial differ, what the rotator cuff decides, the rehab that makes the result, and how long the joint holds.
Shoulder replacement, from the worn joint to the settled result.

Where people travel for shoulder replacement

Some people look abroad for a shoulder replacement, whether to reach a particular surgeon they have researched, to shorten a long wait at home, or to bring a self-funded operation within reach. This page lists a medical-travel agency alongside several hospitals that treat international patients for shoulder and joint surgery, so you can see the shape of the options. We endorse none of them and take nothing for a listing.

How to use this page. A shoulder replacement is major joint surgery, so before you commit, confirm the surgeon is a qualified, board-certified orthopaedic surgeon who performs shoulder arthroplasty in volume, and ask which operation they are recommending and why (a total, a reverse, and a partial are not interchangeable). Get the anaesthetic and hospital-stay arrangements in writing, and settle who supervises your physiotherapy, removes any stitches, and handles a complication or revision once you have flown home.

Providers

Thailand Care

Bangkok, Thailand · medical-travel agency

Thailand Care is a medical-travel agency based in Bangkok that arranges shoulder replacement (total, reverse, and hemiarthroplasty) for international patients at licensed Thai hospitals. It matches the patient to an orthopaedic surgeon, books the operation, and organises the consultation, quotation, imaging review, interpreting, transfers, and aftercare during the stay. The agency coordinates the visit; the surgery is performed by the hospital's surgeons.

  • Based in: Bangkok, Thailand

Bumrungrad International Hospital

Bangkok, Thailand · hospital

A large JCI-accredited private hospital in Bangkok with an orthopaedic and joint-replacement centre that treats international patients for shoulder and other joint surgery.

  • Accreditation: JCI-accredited

Fortis Memorial Research Institute

Gurugram, India · hospital

A JCI-accredited multi-speciality hospital near Delhi with orthopaedic and joint-replacement teams that treat a high volume of international patients.

  • Accreditation: JCI-accredited

Prince Court Medical Centre

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia · hospital

A JCI-accredited private hospital in Kuala Lumpur whose orthopaedic department treats international patients for joint replacement, including the shoulder.

  • Accreditation: JCI-accredited

Anadolu Medical Center

Kocaeli, Turkey · hospital

A JCI-accredited hospital near Istanbul, affiliated with Johns Hopkins Medicine, with orthopaedic teams that treat international patients for joint-replacement surgery.

  • Accreditation: JCI-accredited; Johns Hopkins Medicine affiliate

Listing order is not a ranking. This is general information, not a recommendation of any individual provider.