Arthroscopic shoulder surgery can be performed in both the beach chair and lateral decubitus positions. The beach chair position is a reliable, safe, and effective position to perform nearly all types of shoulder arthroscopic procedures. The advantages of the beach chair position include the ease of setup, limited brachial plexus stress, increased glenohumeral and subacromial visualization, ane...

BACKGROUND Surgical simulation has become increasingly relevant to orthopaedic surgery education and could translate to improved operating room proficiency in orthopaedic surgery trainees. PURPOSE To compare the arthroscopic performance of junior orthopaedic surgery residents who received training with a knee and shoulder arthroscopy surgical simulator with those who received didactic trainin...

OBJECTIVE to evaluate the results of arthroscopic treatment of refractory adhesive capsulitis of the shoulder associated as for improved range of motion after a minimum follow up of six years. METHODS from August 2002 to December 2004, ten patients with adhesive capsulitis of the shoulder resistant to conservative treatment underwent arthroscopic surgery. One interscalene catheter was placed ...

INTRODUCTION The aim of this study was to evaluate the outcome two years after arthroscopic subacromial decompression using the Western Ontario Rotator-Cuff (WORC) index and a diagram-based questionnaire to self-assess active shoulder range of motion (ROM). METHODS Outcomes in 80 patients with impingement of the shoulder undergoing arthroscopic subacromial decompression were prospectively ass...

Arthroscopic subacromial decompression (ASD) is frequent operation on shoulder joint. Acromioplasty or subacromial decompression is operative technique for removal of mechanical barrier, which restricts physiological motion of humeral head, during abduction and external rotation movements of shoulder joint. This article explains a technique of arthroscopic subacromial decompression and our resu...

We retrospectively reviewed the records of 21 patients (23 shoulders) who underwent surgical treatment for septic arthritis of the shoulder joint, between 2000 and 2007. Patients were on average 63.7 (41-85) years old; they were treated either by arthroscopic debridement (12 shoulders) or by combined arthroscopic and open procedures (11 shoulders). The mean duration of symptoms prior to surgery...

Arthroscopic shoulder surgery has a 45% incidence of severe postoperative pain. Opiates and interscalene nerve blocks have a high incidence of side effects, and intraarticular local anesthetic has been shown to be ineffective when used for postoperative pain relief. The suprascapular nerve supplies 70% of the sensory nerve supply to the shoulder joint, and local anesthetic block of this nerve i...

INTRODUCTION The spectrum of pathoanatomic lesions encountered in anterior shoulder dislocation is broad. There could be a presence of loose bodies, chondral and osteochondral, in the shoulder joint and also concomitant rotator cuff partial tears resulting from acute and chronic shoulder instability. CASE REPORT We present one case report of a 46-year-old male Chinese with an uncommon case of...

BACKGROUND To evaluate the clinical results and operation technique of arthroscopic repair of combined Bankart and superior labrum anterior to posterior (SLAP) lesions, all of which had an anterior-inferior Bankart lesion that continued superiorly to include separation of the biceps anchor in the patients presenting recurrent shoulder dislocations. METHODS From May 2003 to January 2006, we re...