Shoulder/Elbow News

CHICAGO — When treating a shoulder fracture with hemiarthroplasty, the keys to success include restoring anatomy and obtaining tuberosity healing, according to a presentation, here.

CHICAGO — At the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons Open Symposium, Eric T. Ricchetti, MD, presented recommended standardized protocols for obtaining intraoperative tissue specimens, tissue culture technique and new diagnostic criteria for infection of the shoulder.

CHICAGO — Management of infection in the shoulder is based on the timing of the infection, the host and organism type, according to research presented here.

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Results published in Arthroscopy showed highly accurate and reproducible outcomes when the transcoracoacromial ligament glenohumeral injection technique was used among patients with idiopathic adhesive capsulitis.

Although patients with full-thickness rotator cuff tears experienced clinical improvement postoperatively whether they underwent medialization or not, patients who underwent medialization had a lower retear rate.

Results published in Orthopedics showed outpatient total shoulder arthroplasty was safe and effective when it was performed in a select patient population, and it has the potential to decrease payer cost compared with inpatient total shoulder arthroplasty.

Patients who received interscalene brachial plexus block plus soft tissue infiltration with Exparel when undergoing primary shoulder arthroplasty used significantly more narcotics postoperatively and had no significant reduction in pain scores in the early postoperative period compared with patients who received interscalene brachial plexus block alone, according to results published in The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery.

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Young patients with glenoid bone erosions of more than 20% and who underwent arthroscopic stabilization procedures for recurrent anterior shoulder instability experienced satisfactory clinical outcomes and recurrence rates, according to results. However, researchers noted these results were inferior when compared to patients with glenoid erosions of less than 20%.