Shoulder/Elbow News

Regular intake of glucosamine/chondroitin was associated with lower all-cause and CVD mortality among adults aged older than 40 years in the United States, data from a cohort study showed.

Use of low-dose aspirin yielded a low risk of venous thromboembolism and medication-associated complications after primary shoulder arthroplasty, according to results presented at the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons Annual Meeting.

Use of low-dose aspirin yielded a low risk of venous thromboembolism and medication-associated complications after primary shoulder arthroplasty, according to results presented at the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons Annual Meeting.

Arthroscopic osteocapsular arthroplasty for elbow contracture led to an increase in motion, good to excellent outcomes and good long-term survivorship, according to results from the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons Annual Meeting.

Results showed between 50 and 75 pitches is likely appropriate for 10-year-old pitchers, with changes in flexor wad fatigue and an increase in subjective fatigue throughout the pitching session.

A physician practicing in a region hit hard by the opioid crisis helped develop a program that ascertains which patients in chronic pain who take opioids should undergo urine drug testing and how physicians can interpret these test results.

A 19-year-old, otherwise healthy, right-handed male college football player sustained a left posterior elbow dislocation after a fall on an outstretched hand during practice.

Patients who underwent two-stage reverse shoulder arthroplasty for infection had a reinfection rate of 18% at midterm follow-up, according to results presented at the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons Annual Meeting.

Pregnant women were “frequently” coprescribed opioids and psychotropic medications, researchers of a cross-sectional study wrote. These prescriptions sometimes led to antepartum hospitalization, they added.

Biceps tenodesis and transfer may provide effective surgical treatment for a younger athletic population with biceps labral complex injuries, with high return to play rates and outcome scores, according to published results.