Shoulder/Elbow News

Published results showed the subscapularis tenotomy and subscapularis peel approaches for anatomic total shoulder arthroplasty had no differences in internal rotation strength for the belly-press position.

Patients undergoing total shoulder arthroplasty with a history of chronic opioid use preoperatively had the highest risk of prolonged postoperative opioid use, according to published results.

In the 1970s, American psychologists defined clear differences in the definition of gender vs. sex. The term “gender” was introduced in the 1970s to define characteristics and socially developed traits that were attributed to male and female patients. “Sex” was defined as the biological and genetic mechanisms that separate male and female patients, such as the chromosomes, genes, hormones and areas of cerebral development or other genetic-based physical attributes. Gender can be selected and modified. Sex is what one is born. The physical characteristics of sex can be modified, but this does not determine gender, which is the behavior, cultural and psychological traits of being a man or woman.

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Upper extremity injuries are one of the most common presented in the ED, accounting for 20% to 40% of injuries, according to a report published by Kevin C. Chung, MD, and his colleagues.

PHOENIX — Watchful waiting was shown to have possible noninferiority to physical therapy as treatment for patients with adhesive capsulitis of the shoulder, based on results of a study presented at the Orthopaedic Research Society Annual Meeting, here.

The number of preoperative episodes of dislocation did not influence postoperative instability rates or recurrence rates after a Latarjet procedure, according to a retrospective study in the American Journal of Sports Medicine.

Elderly patients with head-split fractures may have better outcomes with reverse total shoulder arthroplasty compared with open reduction and internal fixation or hemiarthroplasty, according to published results.

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Published results showed an association between failure to restore the medial calcar and use of locking cross-threaded screws with varus collapse among patients with proximal humerus fractures who underwent open reduction and internal fixation.