Shoulder Surgery

Anaesthesia for shoulder surgery

There is a wide variety of patients who present for shoulder surgery, ranging from the fit, robust patient with a sports injury requiring a stabilization procedure, to the frail, elderly rheumatoid patient requiring joint decompression or arthroplasty. Recent surgical advances have resulted in the development of minimal access arthroscopic procedures with resulting improvements in speed of conv...

Infection after shoulder surgery.

Infection after shoulder surgery is rare but potentially devastating. Normal skin flora, including Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus epidermidis, and Propionibacterium acnes, are the most commonly isolated pathogens. Perioperative measures to prevent infection are of paramount importance, and clinical acumen is necessary for diagnosis. Superficial infections may be managed with local wound ...

Shoulder Replacement Surgery

What are the indications for shoulder replacement surgery? The most common indication for shoulder replacement remains primary glenohumeral osteoarthritis. Other indications include complex proximal humeral fractures, rheumatoid arthritis and other inflammatory arthropathies, humeral head osteonecrosis, instability arthropathy, posttraumatic arthritis, chronic fixed glenohumeral dislocation, ro...

Surgery of the Shoulder

Shoulder instability surgery in Norway

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE In January 2008, we established the Norwegian Register for Shoulder Instability Surgery. We report on the establishment, the baseline data, and the results at 1-year follow-up. METHODS Primary and revision shoulder stabilization is reported by the surgeon on a 1-page paper form containing the patient's history of shoulder injury, clinical findings, and perioperative fin...