Shoulder/Elbow News

Recently published results showed better accuracy when the midlateral route was used for subacromial injection compared with the posterior route.

Smith & Nephew announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Ceterix Orthopaedics Inc. for the NovoStitch Pro Meniscal Repair System.

While chronic opioid use among patients with musculoskeletal pain declined overall, the risk for chronic use was highest among those with low back and multiple anatomical site pain, according to findings published in Annals of Internal Medicine.

Early physical therapy may correlate with a decrease in long-term and low-intensity opioid use for pain in musculoskeletal regions among opioid-naïve patients, according to recently published results.

Patients with shoulder instability who underwent arthroscopic stabilization experienced clinical outcomes that were comparable to open stabilization surgery. Furthermore, there were no differences in the procedures’ subjective outcome scores at 15 years’ follow-up, according to study results.

The final consensus documents that resulted from the International Consensus Meeting on Musculoskeletal Infection, which was held July 25-27, 2018, in Philadelphia, are now available at the meeting’s website, which is ICMPhilly.com, and via the ICMPhilly app, according to Javad Parvizi, MD, FRCS, of Philadelphia, who co-chaired the meeting with Thorsten Gehrke, MD, of Hamburg, Germany.

Patients who underwent total shoulder arthroplasty with the subscapularis-sparing surgical approach had similar outcomes when compared with patients who underwent arthroplasty using the standard approach, according to results.

Results showed no association between inferior outcomes and anchor placement anterior to the biceps tendon in patients with type II superior labrum anterior posterior lesions.

Closed drain usage during total shoulder arthroplasty had no significant relationship with postoperative complications, according to results published in Orthopedics.

Shoulder Club International is an international group is focused on education in shoulder and sports. It includes several shoulder experts from around the world, such as the United States, United Kingdom, Korea, Italy, France and Turkey. The group is open to novice and experienced shoulder surgeons alike.