Shoulder/Elbow News

KOLOA, Hawaii — In this video from Orthopedics Today Hawaii, Christopher S. Ahmad, MD, spoke about modifying Tommy John surgery to treat athletes such as javelin throwers, football players, gymnasts and wrestlers.

KOLOA, Hawaii — Characteristics of shoulder instability may be identified by distinct imaging features on MRI, MR arthrography and CT, according to a presenter here.

KOLOA, Hawaii — Launched in 2011, the Multicenter Orthopedic Outcomes Network Shoulder Instability Group, also known as the MOON study group, aimed to determine predictors of failure and poor outcomes after surgery for shoulder instability.

KOLOA, Hawaii — In this video from Orthopedics Today Hawaii, Michael L. Pearl, MD, spoke about the use of lower trapezius transfer for patients with irreparable rotator cuff tears and no active external rotation.

KOLOA, Hawaii — In this video from Orthopedics Today Hawaii, Michael H. Amini, MD, spoke about subscapularis-sparing total shoulder arthroplasty.

KOLOA, Hawaii — In this video from Orthopedics Today Hawaii, Christopher S. Ahmad, MD, spoke about the use of remplissage in every patient with traumatic shoulder instability.

KOLOA, Hawaii — In this video from Orthopedics Today Hawaii, Julie Y. Bishop, MD, spoke about using a biceps tendon graft for anterior cable reconstruction in patients with irreparable rotator cuff tears.

KOLOA, Hawaii — Patients with lateral epicondylitis often present with pain and dysfunction, however, most of the time, symptoms get better on own, according to a presenter here.

Published results showed the use of a novel bioresorbable scaffold-anchor to augment healing after rotator cuff repair may not yield clinically superior outcomes compared with a standard anchor.