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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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Innovations in Complex Shoulder Reconstruction
In this video, Bassem T. Elhassan, MD, co-chief of the Shoulder Service at Massachusetts General Hospital, discusses his unique approach to developing tendon transfer procedures in order to alleviate shoulder pain.
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Isolated Type II SLAP Tears Undergo Reoperation More Frequently
Researchers in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital recently observed that isolated SLAP type II repair is associated with higher risk of unplanned reoperation than SLAP repair done at the same time as rotator cuff repair or another procedure.
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Racial Gap Amongst U.S. Shoulder Arthroplasty Patients Persists
Matthew J. Best, MD, Sports Medicine fellow, and Scott Martin, MD, director of the Joint Preservation Service in the Department of Orthopaedics at Massachusetts General Hospital, and colleagues examined racial differences in total shoulder arthroplasty (TSA) and reverse TSA data over five year period (2012-2017).
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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Isolated Type II SLAP Tears Undergo Reoperation More Frequently
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