Shoulder/Elbow News

WAILEA, Hawaii — In this video from Orthopedics Today Hawaii 2021, Anthony A. Romeo, MD, spoke about the management of irreparable rotator cuff tears.

WAILEA, Hawaii — Physicians who treat throwing athletes should be familiar with the role that adaptive changes, kinetic chain, internal impingement, and throwing volume and force play in shoulder injuries, according to a presenter.

WAILEA, Hawaii — Patients with stable or unstable elbow dislocations can usually be treated nonoperatively, according to a presenter at Orthopedics Today Hawaii.

Most buprenorphine treatment provided in the U.S. was prescribed by a small proportion of clinicians, an analysis of retail pharmacy records showed.

WAILEA, Hawaii — In this video from Orthopedics Today Hawaii 2021, Joseph A. Abboud, MD, spoke about the management and treatment options for rotator cuff disease.

WAILEA, Hawaii — In this video from Orthopedics Today Hawaii 2021, John M. Tokish, MD, spoke about the emerging use of biologics and advances in the treatment of shoulder instability and bone loss.

Published results showed measuring tension during arthroscopic rotator cuff repair may effectively predict rotator cuff integrity, with a correlation between intraoperative repair tension and tear size in the mediolateral direction.

Radial head arthroplasty resulted in a high rate of complications and subsequent revision surgery among patients with radial head fractures, according to published results.

Similar to results from an operative approach, nonoperative treatment of displaced proximal humerus fractures in adolescents provided “excellent functional outcomes” at 3 and 6 months after injury, according to a speaker.

Patients with Parkinson’s disease who undergo reverse total shoulder arthroplasty may experience more complications and revisions than neurologically healthy patients, according to published results.