Nickolas Garbis
Some patients may experience persistent pain in the front of their shoulder after reverse shoulder replacement. One of the possible reasons for this is that the surgery causes a change in the alignment of the shoulder joint, which may cause increased tension and compression on one of the biceps tendon called the conjoint tendon. The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether conjoint tendon lengthening, a surgical procedure that involves cutting and lengthening the conjoint tendon in order to reduce tension and compression, is able to prevent or reduce the risk of anterior shoulder pain at one year after surgery.
Reverse shoulder arthroplasty (RSA) is a surgical procedure that is used to treat severe shoulder arthritis with rotator cuff damage. RSA involves reversing the ball and socket of the shoulder joint, such that the ball is attached to the shoulder blade and the socket is attached to the upper arm bone. This allows the deltoid muscle to take over the function of the rotator cuff and provide more stability and mobility to the shoulder. RSA has been shown to improve pain, function, and quality of life in patients with various shoulder conditions, such as rotator cuff tear arthropathy, glenohumeral…
Inclusion Criteria: * Patients who are at least 18 years old undergoing primary reverse total shoulder arthroplasty * Operations that occur at Loyola University Medical Center (Maywood, IL), Loyola Ambulatory Surgery Center (Maywood, IL), or Gottlieb Memorial Hospital Exclusion Criteria: * Patients younger than 18 years old * Patients who had prior coracoid transfer procedure * Patients who are undergoing revision surgery from a prior arthroplasty * Current pregnancy As per standard protocol with all surgeries, a urine pregnancy test is performed prior to surgery. If positive, the surgery w…
During a standard reverse shoulder arthroplasty procedure, the conjoint tendon will be incised and lengthened prophylactically
A standard reverse shoulder arthroplasty procedure will be performed
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