Shoulder/Elbow News

DePuy Synthes, a franchise of Johnson & Johnson Medical Devices Companies, recently announced the limited launch of the Dynacord suture. The Dynacord suture is designed to repair soft tissues, such as the rotator cuff in the shoulder, and to prevent loss of suture tension in arthroscopic rotator cuff surgery.

SAN DIEGO — Athletes had 6.8% glenoid bone loss after a first-time anterior shoulder instability event, with 22.8% glenoid bone loss seen after recurrent instability, according to a presenter at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine Annual Meeting.

A 73-year-old, right-hand dominant man presented with a 4-day history of right shoulder pain. He underwent reverse total shoulder arthroplasty in that shoulder 22 months prior for cuff tear arthropathy. He was doing well clinically at his last follow-up appointment at 12 months postoperatively, with forward elevation to 120°, abduction to 90°, external rotation to 30° and internal rotation to the level of his sacrum without pain.

SAN DIEGO — Revision biceps tenodesis after previous failed tenodesis or tenotomy yielded high patient satisfaction and significant improvement in functional outcomes, according to results presented here.

SAN DIEGO — Young athletes who underwent arthroscopic anterior shoulder stabilization surgery for shoulder instability had a low reoperation rate and a high rate of return to sport, according to results presented at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine Annual Meeting.

SAN DIEGO — Research that compared knotless anchors with traditional anchors used in superior labrum anterior and posterior type IIb repair demonstrated that patients who had knotless anchors had a lower rate of revision surgeries, had higher return-to-play rates and better American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons and Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic scores. However, outcomes did not reach statistical significance.

SAN DIEGO — Among patients with posterior shoulder instability who had nonoperative management for at least 1 year, 40% of the patients will require surgery within 10 years, according to long-term study results presented here.

SAN DIEGO — Research that explored the reasons that impacted patients’ decisions to undergo arthroscopic rotator cuff repair highlighted improvement to shoulder function as the main drive for most patients.

SAN DIEGO — Use of a bio-inductive collagen scaffold patch may improve healing rates of large and massive rotator cuff repairs as new tendon formation was shown on ultrasound and MRI, according to data presented at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine Annual Meeting.

Patients with chronic lateral epicondylar tendinopathy that had been resistant to medical treatment experienced effective and well-tolerated treatment when Botulinum toxin A was injected into the extensor carpi radialis brevis muscle, according to results published in The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery.