Shoulder/Elbow News

SAN DIEGO — Pediatric patients used significantly fewer narcotic doses after common orthopedic surgeries than the quantities prescribed, according to results presented at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting.

Clinical data reports for joint arthroplasty and shoulder and elbow procedure registries released at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting may guide physician and patient decision-making and improve orthopedic care.

SAN DIEGO — Patients who received perioperative acetaminophen had significantly decreased opioid consumption following rotator cuff repair, according to results presented at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting.

DePuy Synthes announced plans to launch the Inhance shoulder system, a fully integrated shoulder arthroplasty system, according to a press release.

Through a standard deltopectoral incision, John P. Ross, MD, and Mark A. Mighell, MD, perform total shoulder arthroplasty with a windowed technique.

The short answer to this question is “yes,” but orthopedic medicine is a complex, multifaceted collection of physicians, ancillary health care staff, hospitals, equipment manufacturers, insurance companies and government stakeholders, to name a few. So the manner in which the transition of orthopedics to a predominantly outpatient surgical subspecialty will impact health care economics is likely to unfold during the next several years.

Templating software can be helpful in cases when a CT scan alone is insufficient for proper preoperative planning of total shoulder arthroplasty and intraoperative placement of TSA implants, particularly the glenoid component.

A 58-year-old woman was referred to our clinic for a massive, retracted right rotator cuff tear.

December 2020 saw CMS finalize a proposal to eliminate the inpatient only list in a 3-year transitional period, which allowed about 300 primarily musculoskeletal-related services to be performed in the hospital outpatient setting.

Stryker received FDA clearance of its biodegradable InSpace balloon implant which replaces the need for complicated rotator cuff surgeries by restoring subacromial space in the shoulder, according to a company press release.