Acromioplasty, Distal Clavicle Excision, and Posterosuperior Rotator Cuff Repair Robert J. Neviaser Andrew S. Neviaser DEFINITION Posterosuperior tears of the rotator cuff involve the supraspinatus, infraspinatus, and occasionally the teres…
Arthroscopic Treatment of Subacromial Impingement Gregory A. Tayrose Spero G. Karas DEFINITION Impingement syndrome was originally described by Neer20 in 1972 as a chronic impingement of the rotator cuff beneath…
Latarjet Procedure for Instability with Bone Loss Patrick J. Denard Stephen S. Burkhart DEFINITION Recognizing and properly addressing bone defects is crucial to achieving good surgical outcomes in shoulder instability….
Glenoid Bone Graft for Instability with Bone Loss Ryan W. Simovitch William E. Bragg Alex Girden Laurence D. Higgins Jon J. P. Warner DEFINITION Anterior shoulder instability typically results from…
Management of Glenohumeral Instability with Humeral Bone Loss Ronak M. Patel T. Sean Lynch Nirav H. Amin Anthony Miniaci DEFINITION The glenohumeral joint is one of the most commonly dislocated…
Treatment of Recurrent Posterior Shoulder Instability Jeffrey S. Noble Matthew B. Noble Robert H. Bell DEFINITION Symptomatic recurrent posterior instability represents up to 12% of all cases of shoulder instability…
Arthroscopic Treatment of Posterior Shoulder Instability Fotios P. Tjoumakaris James P. Bradley DEFINITION Posterior shoulder instability results in pathologic glenohumeral translation ranging from mild subluxation to traumatic dislocation. Most patients…
Arthroscopic Treatment of Anterior Shoulder Instability Robert A. Arciero Anthony Parrino DEFINITION Glenohumeral stability depends on static and dynamic restraints to ensure stable yet unconstrained range of motion. Laxity is…
Bankart Repair and Inferior Capsular Shift Theodore A. Blaine Andrew Green Jennie Garver Louis U. Bigliani DEFINITION Glenohumeral instability is caused by a disruption of the normal stabilizing anatomic structures…
Arthroscopic Treatment of Multidirectional Shoulder Instability Steven B. Cohen DEFINITION Neer and Foster20 described the concept of multidirectional instability (MDI) of the shoulder in detail in 1980. This established the…
