Knowing the glenoid size in Thai patients will
aid the surgeon in placing the glenoid baseplate more
properly to improve the fixation strength and better
choose the proper size of the glenoid baseplate to avoid
the overhang of the component.
Moreover, these average “normal” glenoid
size can be used as a reference data in calculate the
percentage of glenoid bone loss in patients with
recurrent shoulder dislocation and glenoid bone loss
in arthritic shoulder patient that may result in changing
the treatment plan in these groups of patients.
To date, there are no data about the average
glenoid size of Thai people and no comparative studies
between Thai glenoid size and others. The hypothesis
of the presence study is that average glenoid sizes in
Thai people are smaller than those of Caucasians.