Objective: To determine the reliability and accuracy of magnetic resonance arthrography of the shoulder for the diagnosis of anteroinferior labroligamentous lesions in patients with gleno-humeral joint instability. Methodology: This retrospective study was performed at King Hussein Medical Center in Jordan. Twenty eight patients who underwent shoulder MR arthrogram and arthroscopy during a 22-m...

OBJECTIVE To examine the diagnostic accuracy of standard clinical tests for the shoulder in recreational athletes with activity related pain. DESIGN Cohort study with index test of clinical examination and reference standard of arthroscopy. SETTING Sports Medicine clinic in Sheffield, U.K. PARTICIPANTS 101 recreational athletes (82 male, 19 female; mean age 40.8 +/- 14.6 years) over a six...

Combined hip arthroscopy and limited open osteochondroplasty for anterior femoroacetabular impingement. Background: A variety of surgical techniques have been introduced for the treatment of femoroacetabular impingement,

BACKGROUND Little data are available to prioritize quality improvement initiatives in shoulder surgery. PURPOSE To stratify the risk for 30-day postoperative morbidity in commonly performed surgical procedures about the shoulder completed in a hospital setting and to determine patient factors associated with major complications. STUDY DESIGN Cohort study; Level of evidence, 3. METHODS Thi...

INTRODUCTION Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a blockage in one of the pulmonary arteries in the lungs. Since PE almost always occurs in conjunction with deep vein thrombosis (DVT), these two conditions together refer as venous thromboembolism (VTE). PE after shoulder arthroscopy is unusual and rare (reported incidence rate: 0.01 0.06%)1-3, but potentially life threatening.4 All patients with PE have...

BACKGROUND Conventional approaches to brachial plexus blocks may not cover the suprascapular nerve. Accordingly, after shoulder arthroscopy, sensation from the posterior part of the shoulder is commonly spared. Most previous research involving suprascapular nerve blocks described single-injection techniques. However, with the widespread availability and fairly reasonable cost of disposable infu...

Osteoarthritis (OA) can cause severe pain and dysfunction of the shoulder. When conservative treatment fails and operative treatments such as shoulder arthroplasty and open glenohumeral resurfacing are not advisable, shoulder arthroscopy may be used to treat shoulder OA. Arthroscopic treatment of concomitant pathology in the shoulder including subacromial decompression, labral repair, capsular ...