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Recently published results showed athletes with chronic anterior shoulder instability treated with arthroscopic subscapularis augmentation experienced restoration of joint stability.

Patients who received a continuous brachial plexus block while undergoing upper extremity arthroplasty had an increased incidence of potential barriers to discharge as well as an increased length of stay compared with patients who received single-shot regional anesthesia, according to recent data.

Proximal humerus fracture after pectoralis major tendon repair has been recently reported. Although this complication is rare, it may be possible to decrease such risk using newer techniques for myotenodesis.

Patients with anterior shoulder instability treated with the traditional Latarjet technique had greater bony contact with the glenoid and greater bone width on each side of the screws, which allowed for a larger surface for healing, compared with the congruent arc modification of the Latarjet techni...

An assessment of patient-reported outcome tools used among patients undergoing shoulder surgery for glenohumeral osteoarthritis showed the Constant-Murley score should serve as the primary patient-reported outcome.

Patients who underwent reverse total shoulder arthroplasty either with or without subscapularis repair experienced significant clinical improvements, per recently published data.

Recently published results showed advantages, such as fewer complications, when a convertible-platform humeral stem was used during conversion of a total shoulder arthroplasty to a reverse total shoulder arthroplasty.

Early surgery to repair tears of one of the shoulder rotator cuff muscles provides lasting improvement in strength, function, and other outcomes, reports a study.

In a recent study, researchers showed that allowing surgeons to prep on a 3D-printed model of the patient's hip joint cut by about 25 percent the amount of time needed for surgery when compared to a control group.

Consuming more dairy products may raise the risk for total hip arthroplasty for osteoarthritis (OA) in men, according to a study published in the Journal of Rheumatology.