Shoulder/Elbow News

A multimodal opioid-sparing pain management protocol may significantly reduce patients’ opioid consumption after arthroscopic shoulder or knee surgery compared with standard opioid prescribing, according to published results.

BOSTON — Health care system expenditures and patient satisfaction can be improved with the addition of nerve interventions to upper extremity amputations, according to a presenter.

Published results showed platelet-rich plasma injection for rotator cuff disease may not have worse pain relief and function recovery compared with corticosteroid injection and may reduce rates of subsequent injection or surgery.

Zimmer Biomet Inc. has announced FDA 510(k) clearance of the Identity shoulder system for anatomic, reverse and revision shoulder replacement procedures, according to a company press release.

Demonstrated in this video is the site of a Levy 3 fracture proximal to the base of the acromion that occurred after reverse shoulder arthroplasty.

There has been a recent increase in ulnar collateral ligament injuries. These injuries typically occur in overhead athletes and baseball players, but can occur in athletes at all competition levels.

The delivery of health care is in turmoil. Uncertainty about how to provide the health care patients desire at an affordable price has led to efforts to disrupt the status quo.

Published results showed graded motor imagery may improve function, elbow active range of motion, pain, fear of movement-related pain and muscle strength in patients with post-traumatic elbow stiffness.

Published results showed intramedullary nailing and plate fixation yielded similar rates of complications and predictable means of fixation and healing in patients with humeral shaft fractures.

Published results showed arthroscopic double-row repair augmented with a bioinductive bovine collagen implant may yield favorable rates of radiographic retear and substantial functional recovery for full-thickness rotator cuff tears.