Shoulder/Elbow News

Results showed patients with insulin-dependent diabetes may have increased risk for postoperative complications and hospital readmissions after total shoulder arthroplasty vs. patients with diabetes and without insulin dependence.

Published results showed the use of a pneumatic tourniquet was associated with improved OR efficiency and reduced blood loss for patients who undergoing elbow surgery for fractures compared with no tourniquet.

Patients with sleep disturbance who underwent arthroscopic rotator cuff repair had significant improvements in sleep comfortability as early as 3 months postoperatively, according to published results.

Enovis announced the release of its AltiVate reverse glenoid system, a one-tray glenoid system with modular, augmented baseplates for patients undergoing reverse shoulder arthroplasty, according to a company press release.

DENVER —Lower socioeconomic status may be associated with a higher likelihood of additional dislocation events and recurrent instability prior to shoulder stabilization surgery, according to results presented here.

DENVER — According to results presented here, arthroscopic anatomic glenoid reconstruction may have a lower redislocation rate compared with Bankart repair among patients with recurrent instability.

Patients who had home-based physical therapy after arthroscopic rotator cuff repair of a massive rotator cuff tear had similar improvements in functional outcomes as those who had supervised physical therapy, according to published results.

Published results showed reverse shoulder arthroplasty yielded superior Constant scores at 1 year with no increased risk of failure compared with hemiarthroplasty for patients with proximal humerus fractures.

Published results showed Black patients had a 30% decreased odds of undergoing outpatient total shoulder arthroplasty vs. white patients, while women had a 25% decreased odds of undergoing the procedure vs. men.

Published results showed patients who underwent arthroscopic Bankart repair with remplissage had decreased rates of recurrent instability, dislocations and failures compared with patients who underwent isolated Bankart repair.