Shoulder/Elbow News

SAN DIEGO — Results presented at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting showed patients, compared with surgeons, reported a higher level of satisfaction with telehealth visits.

Patients with degenerative and posttraumatic elbow contracture may experience effective treatment with arthroscopic elbow contracture release for both flexion/extension and pronosupination contracture, according to published results.

SAN DIEGO — Results presented at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting showed hyaluronic acid injection may effectively relieve pain and improve function in patients with chronic tennis elbow.

SAN DIEGO — Arthroscopic distal clavicle excision for treatment of acromioclavicular joint pathology may decrease the rate of complications compared with open distal clavicle excision, according to results presented here.

SAN DIEGO — Results showed adolescent athletes with comminuted or severely shortened clavicle fractures had no significant differences in return to sports or patient-reported outcomes whether they were treated operatively or nonoperatively.

SAN DIEGO — Delaying reverse total shoulder arthroplasty for treatment of proximal humeral fractures could result in additional surgery and potentially poor outcomes, according to a presenter.

SAN DIEGO — Stress shielding and radiocapitellar arthritis are common midterm complications in patients undergoing radial head arthroplasty for displaced radial head and neck fractures, according to a presenter.

SAN DIEGO — Patients who undergo outpatient shoulder arthroplasty with a history of peptic ulcers, psychoses or valvular disease may be at higher risk for return to care within the first 2 postoperative days, according to a presenter.

SAN DIEGO — Compared with patients without obesity, patients with obesity who undergo anatomic or reverse total shoulder arthroplasty generally experience more pain, worse outcomes and less range of motion, according to a presenter.

SAN DIEGO — Results presented at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting showed an association between synchronous periprosthetic joint infections with a high mortality rate at 1 year.