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Using Virtual Planning in Shoulder Replacement Surgery for Glenoid Socket Deformity
At the AAOS Annual Meeting 2018, Jon J.P. Warner, MD, chief of the Shoulder Service at Massachusetts General Hospital, described how he used virtual planning to perform shoulder replacement surgery in a patient with a severe glenoid socket deformity.
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Posterior Humeral Subluxation on MRI Not a Reliable Indicator of Posterior Instability
In some cases of posterior labral tears of the shoulder with concomitant posterior shoulder instability, MRI shows increased posterior humeral subluxation. Mass General surgeons thought MRI might help with the notoriously challenging diagnosis of posterior shoulder instability.
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Trial Without Error: Using 3D Planning for Shoulder Replacement
Three-dimensional planning software may improve outcomes for shoulder arthroplasty. A new technology allows surgeons to install the prosthetic joint with greater foresight and precision.
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CT-based Planning Alone Does Not Help Restore Proximal Humeral Anatomy After Stemless Total Shoulder Arthroplasty
Despite the use of three-dimensional CT to plan humeral head cut orientation and implant size, restoration of the anatomy of the proximal humerus after stemless total shoulder arthroplasty remains imprecise when a freehand humeral cut is performed.
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Grand Rounds: Management of Complex Shoulder Disorders: Thinking Outside the Box
In a virtual Grand Rounds on September 24, 2020, for the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Bassem Elhassan, MD, discussed his research on the treatment of complex shoulder conditions.
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MRI Prior to Conservative Therapy Often Unnecessary for Atraumatic Shoulder Pain
For most patients presenting with atraumatic shoulder pain and minimal strength deficits, MRI before a trial of conservative therapy is a substantial unnecessary cost because it does not influence management.
Shoulder contributors
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Jon Warner, MD
Chief, Shoulder Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Co-director, Harvard Shoulder and Elbow Fellowship, Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School
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CT-based Planning Alone Does Not Help Restore Proximal Humeral Anatomy After Stemless Total Shoulder Arthroplasty
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