The answer is yes. In 99% of surgeon's practice, the subscapularis tendon in the front of the shoulder is cut and then reattached. It's part of your rotator cuff. The biceps tendon is typically released as well. The long head, biceps. We have a newer technique where we don't have to cut the subscapularis, leave it attached, and do a…
Typically, what they want to know most is what recovery will be like. How quickly can I use my arm? Right away. How quickly can I drive? Right away. When am I going to be able to get back to all my activities in life? Roughly three months. What are my restrictions after surgery? Don't lift more than 5 lbs.…
It's identical in terms of pain relief, speed of recovery, quality of life, and overall patient satisfaction scores afterward if you go head-to-head with a total hip. It's one of the most common procedures done in orthopedics. When you study all procedures that are done in the human body, every surgery across every subspecialty in the whole world, which is…
When we're doing shoulder replacements, if someone's already had surgery or sometimes you have some shoulder contractures, we release all that, all that scar, all that tightness to get the shoulder moving. Then, you need a scar to form after the surgery to get everything to heal. But the goal is to get the joint and everything gliding and moving.…
This is a great question because this is something that probably hasn't been discussed enough preoperatively. But, you can see people get carpal tunnel or cubital tunnel-type symptoms, I think, because we don't make people wear slings. We quickly get them out of the slings to get their arm moving. We don't see that as much. But carpal tunnel is…
Traditionally, we approach the deltopectoral intervals, so no muscles are cut there. Some surgeons will release a little bit of your pectoralis major tendon or a little bit of a release or not. Sometimes, the main tendon or muscle we cut is the subscapularis, the front of the rotator cuff. We cut that, open it up, and then return it…
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