Useful Links

Adhesive Capsulitis/Frozen Shoulder

Olecranon Fractures

Proximal Humerus Fractures

• Surgical vs nonsurgical treatment of adults with displaced fractures of the proximal humerus: the PROFHER randomized clinical trial – PubMed
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• Five-year follow-up results of the PROFHER trial comparing operative and non-operative treatment of adults with a displaced fracture of the proximal humerus – PubMed
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Nonunions

Osteoporosis

Vitamin D

HA Injections

PRP Injections

Corticosteroid Injections

• Injections Prior to Rotator Cuff Repair Are Associated With Increased Rotator Cuff Revision Rates – PubMed
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• The timing of elective shoulder surgery after shoulder injection affects postoperative infection risk in Medicare patients – PubMed
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Shoulder Instability

• Traumatic glenohumeral bone defects and their relationship to failure of arthroscopic Bankart repairs: significance of the inverted-pear glenoid and the humeral engaging Hill-Sachs lesion – PubMed
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• Neer Award 2008: Arthropathy after primary anterior shoulder dislocation—223 shoulders prospectively followed up for twenty-five years – PubMed
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• Increased Failure Rates After Arthroscopic Bankart Repair After Second Dislocation Compared to Primary Dislocation With Comparable Clinical Outcomes – PubMed
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• Redefining “Critical” Bone Loss in Shoulder Instability: Functional Outcomes Worsen With “Subcritical” Bone Loss – PubMed
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Shoulder Instability – Distal Tibia Allograft

Driving After Shoulder Surgery

Pre and Post-Operative Risk Factors

• Reverse total shoulder arthroplasty in obese patients – PubMed
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• Reverse total shoulder arthroplasty in patients of varying body mass index – PubMed
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• Incidence of Metal Hypersensitivity in Orthopedic Surgical Patients Who Self-Report Hypersensitivity History – PubMed
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• Speed of recovery of the most commonly performed shoulder surgeries – PubMed
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• Screening and Management of Malnutrition in Total Joint Arthroplasty – PubMed
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• Preoperative opioid use is an independent risk factor for complication, revision, and increased health care utilization following primary total shoulder arthroplasty – PubMed
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Total Shoulder Arthroplasty

• Finite element analysis and physiologic testing of a novel, inset glenoid fixation technique – PubMed
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• Long-term follow-up of total shoulder replacement surgery with inset glenoid implants for arthritis with deficient bone – PubMed
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• Clinical and radiographic outcomes following anatomic total shoulder arthroplasty utilizing an inset glenoid component at 2-year minimum follow-up: a dual center study – PubMed
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• Progression of Glenoid Morphology in Glenohumeral Osteoarthritis – PubMed
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Rotator Cuff

• The effect of hypercholesterolemia on rotator cuff disease – PubMed
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• A prospective evaluation of survivorship of asymptomatic degenerative rotator cuff tears – PubMed
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• Exercise in the treatment of rotator cuff impingement: a systematic review and a synthesized evidence-based rehabilitation protocol – PubMed
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• The role of anterior deltoid reeducation in patients with massive irreparable degenerative rotator cuff tears – PubMed
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• At a 10-Year Follow-up, Tendon Repair Is Superior to Physiotherapy in the Treatment of Small and Medium-Sized Rotator Cuff Tears – PubMed
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• Abnormal findings on magnetic resonance images of asymptomatic shoulders – PubMed
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Lower Trapezius Tendon Transfer

• Arthroscopic-Assisted Lower Trapezius Tendon Transfer for Massive Irreparable Posterior-Superior Rotator Cuff Tears: Surgical Technique – PubMed
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• Outcome of lower trapezius transfer to reconstruct massive irreparable posterior-superior rotator cuff tear – PubMed
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