Shoulder/Elbow News

WASHINGTON — Results presented here showed that an inferior sagittal position of a Hill-Sachs lesion may be associated with increased failure risk of primary arthroscopic Bankart repair.

WASHINGTON — Results presented here showed that distance-to-dislocation may be a stronger prognostic indicator of recurrent instability than glenoid bone loss following Latarjet.

WASHINGTON — Results presented here showed distal radius allografts had greater mean graft length and more acute radius of curvature than distal tibia allografts and may be a novel glenoid reconstruction option.

WASHINGTON – Patients diagnosed with little league elbow or little league shoulder rarely required operative treatment in the 5 years after diagnosis, according to research presented here.

WASHINGTON – Decreased glenohumeral external rotation may be associated with elbow injury in the throwing arms of adolescent baseball pitchers, according to research presented, here.

WASHINGTON — Jason L. Dragoo, MD, FAAOS, spoke about the next generation of orthobiologics at the American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons Next Generation of Biologics Symposium, here.

WASHINGTON — At the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Next Generation of Biologics Symposium, Scott Rodeo, MD, FAAOS, spoke about a clinical study that used gene-modified human umbilical vein endothelial cells in rotator cuff repair.

Use of preoperative planning, such as CT scans, 3D planning and patient-specific instrumentation, prior to shoulder arthroplasty did not reduce the risk of aseptic revision, according to published results.

Inovedis GmbH has announced FDA clearance of Sinefix, an implant system for patients undergoing surgery for rotator cuff tears, according to a press release.

Compared with several operative interventions, nonoperative treatment with functional bracing yielded the highest rates of nonunion and reoperation for patients with humeral shaft fractures.