Although acromioclavicular (AC) joint cysts are infrequent, when they do occur they are typically associated with full-thickness rotator cuff tears or AC joint degeneration, or both. AC joint cysts are also typically benign, being either ganglionic or synovial. Few reports have described the surgical management of massive AC ganglionic cysts. Some of these reports have advocated repairing the u...

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com Abbreviations: CT: Computed Tomography; MRI: Magnetic Resonance Imaging; RCT: Rotator cuff tears; AHI: Acromio Humeral Interval; AP: Anterior Posterior; AC: Acromio Clavicular; NSAIDs: Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug; ECM: Extra Cellular Matrix; ASCR: Arthroscopic Superior Capsule Reconstruction; CTA: Cuff Tear Arthropathy; RTSA: Reverse Total ...

BACKGROUND Different implant designs are utilized in reverse shoulder arthroplasty. The purpose of this systematic review was to evaluate the results of reverse shoulder arthroplasty using a traditional (Grammont) prosthesis and a lateralized prosthesis for the treatment of cuff tear arthropathy and massive irreparable rotator cuff tears. METHODS A systematic review of the literature was perf...

BACKGROUND Acromial morphology has previously been defined as a risk factor for some shoulder pathologies. Yet, study results are inconclusive and not all major shoulder diseases have been sufficiently investigated. Thus, the aim of the present study was to analyze predictive value of three radiological parameters including the critical shoulder angle, acromion index, and lateral acromion angle...

Acromioclavicular joint (ACJ) cysts are an uncommon and unusual sequela associated with shoulder pathophysiology. The majority of literature on ACJ cysts consists of individual case reports with no definitive literature review currently available. In addition to a comprehensive literature review, four clinical cases are presented in this report. First described by Craig (1984), a total of 41 ca...

Reverse shoulder arthroplasty (RSA) was designed for the treatment of elderly patients with cuff tear arthropathy. Because of its success, the indications for RSA have expanded beyond cuff tear arthropathy to include acute fractures, fracture sequelae, massive rotator cuff tears, inflammatory arthritis, and revision shoulder arthroplasty. Consequently, the number of RSAs performed has increased...

To determine healing rate of rotator cuff reconstruction with an acellular human dermal allograft compared the gold standard arthroscopic maximal repair large, chronic tears cuff. Thirty patients a two-tendon retracted tear were enrolled in study and randomly allocated (15) to each group. All evaluated for structural integrity using 1.5T MRI at average 15 months after surgery. Rotator arthropat...

Milwaukee shoulder syndrome or rapid destructive arthropathy of the shoulder is a rare form of arthropathy that mainly affects elderly women. It is characterized by a rapid destruction of the glenohumeral joint and the rotator cuff and by an important noninflammatory joint effusion containing hydroxyapatite crystals. Radiography plays an important role in the evaluation of patients with articul...

BACKGROUND Long head biceps (LHB) degeneration, in combination with rotator cuff tears, can be a source of chronic shoulder pain. LHB tenotomy reduces pain and improves joint function although the pathophysiological context is not well understood. Tendon integrity depends on the extracellular matrix (ECM), which is regulated by matrix metalloproteinases (MMP). It is unclear which of these enzym...