Telehealth-based exams noninferior to traditional means for rotator cuff tear diagnosis
Compared with traditional shoulder clinical examinations, simulated telehealth-based examinations have no inferior diagnostic effectiveness in the detection of rotator cuff tears, according to published results.
Reverse total shoulder arthroplasty found beneficial for older adults without arthritis
In patients older than 60 years with chronic rotator cuff tears without glenohumeral arthritis, use of reverse total shoulder arthroplasty may be a beneficial treatment, according to published findings.
Analysis of shoulder arthroplasty literature finds the procedure to be cost-effective
Recently published results show total shoulder arthroplasty is a cost-effective procedure and, according to quality of health economic studies scores, most cost analysis literature on the subject is high quality.
Arthroscopic suprapectoral and open subpectoral biceps tenodesis showed similar outcomes
Patients who underwent arthroscopic suprapectoral biceps tenodesis had no differences in patient-reported outcome measures when compared with patients who underwent open subpectoral biceps tenodesis, according to results of a randomized prospective analysis published in Arthroscopy.
Introducing Blueprint Mixed Reality AP-013901
The BLUEPRINT Mixed Reality OR Visualization software allows a surgeon who is wearing a pair of mixed reality goggles to view a holographic, 3D version of their patient’s pre-operative plan and anatomy while in the O.R.
