Superior labral tears of the shoulder involve the biceps tendon and labrum complex which may be detached, displaced inferiorly, and interposed between the glenoid and the humeral head. We have treated ten young athletes with painful shoulders due to this lesion by arthroscopic stapling. Arthroscopy at the time of staple removal, after three to six months, showed that all the lesions had been st...

OBJECTIVE To describe clinical and diagnostic findings as well as management of adhesive capsulitis in dogs. BACKGROUND Adhesive capsulitis, also known as frozen shoulder, is a syndrome defined by loss of range of motion of the shoulder and may be the end-stage manifestation of several primary conditions. EVIDENTIARY VALUE This is a case series report of eight dogs with chronic forelimb lam...

Shoulder arthroscopy has been shown to be the procedure of choice for many diagnostic and therapeutic interventions. Neuropraxia of the great auricular nerve (GAN) is an uncommon complication of shoulder surgery, with the patient in the beach chair position. We report a case of great auricular neuropraxia associated with direct compression by a horseshoe headrest, used in routine positioning fo...

Sudden, profound hypotensive and bradycardic events (HBEs) have been reported in more than 20% of patients undergoing shoulder arthroscopy in the sitting position. Although HBEs may be associated with the adverse effects of interscalene brachial plexus block (ISBPB) in the sitting position, the underlying mechanisms responsible for HBEs during the course of shoulder surgery are not well underst...

Human joints, such as the shoulder, present intricate connections of anatomical elements such as bones, muscles, tendons, ligaments, and fat. The nature and arrangement of the various structures in the shoulder impose two main difficulties for interactive simulation: a large diversity of mechanical properties, ranging from hard bone to soft fat tissue, and complex contact situations. In this pa...

OBJECTIVES The authors evaluate the learning of the videoarthroscopic technique, using the video surgery simulator SAM® (Shoulder Arthroscopy Model). METHODS Twenty medical residents in Orthepaedics, without prior knowledge of the arthroscopic technique, were evaluated before and after training. The tasks consisted of positioning, in holes that simulated portals, four surgical threads attache...

PURPOSE To review outcomes of arthroscopic repair of rotator cuff tears using absorbable anchors with a single-row technique. METHODS 66 patients underwent arthroscopic repair for rotator cuff tears using absorbable anchors with a single-row technique. 51 of them aged 37 to 73 (mean, 57) years had been followed up for a mean of 29 (range, 20-37) months. The extent of the tear was classified a...

Robotic arthroscopy is a potential alternative surgery method because the use of robotic arthroscope manipulators could ensure constant quality view that would enhance workflow operator. To achieve this advancement, workspace derivation for movement in human joint needed. There key requirement arthroscope: should incorporate all essential observation sites to suitable field during an arthroscop...

We present the case of an old patient with a painful shoulder, diagnosed in the ambulatory practice with an impingement syndrome and supraspinatus thendinopathy, with no response to appropriate therapeutically approach. As the MRI and diagnostic arthroscopy were not suitable for this patient, the sonographic examination changes the diagnosis to a supraspinatus complete tear with glenohumeral re...

BACKGROUND In the literature, little is known about the level and pattern of rugby injuries. Of the shoulder injuries reported, 51% of these are caused during a tackle, and 65% of all match injuries affected the shoulder. OBJECTIVE The study aims to describe a sport-specific unique intra-articular shoulder pathology of professional rugby players, who presented with persistent pain and dysfunc...