What are the restrictions after shoulder surgery?
What are the restrictions after shoulder surgery?
You should not do any reaching, lifting, pushing, or pulling with your shoulder during the first six weeks after surgery. You should not reach behind your back with the operative arm. You may remove your arm from the sling to bend and straighten your elbow and to move your fingers several times a day.
What to expect on day of arthroscopic shoulder surgery?
Your surgeon will be trained to know how to interpret what is seen on the camera, which will be fairly hard to understand for a novice. In rotator cuff and labral repairs, the surgeon will first clean up the area with suction. The tear often ends up with a fair amount of fraying, which itself can cause pain.
Is it safe to have a shoulder arthroscopy?
While shoulder arthroscopy is considered a very safe surgical procedure, there are possible complications that should be considered before undergoing surgery for treatment of your condition. Patients should be aware of the possible complications, and the likelihood of these complications occurring.
How is arthroscopic surgery used to treat rotator cuff tears?
Arthroscopic shoulder surgery, or shoulder arthroscopy, is a valuable tool to treat rotator cuff tears. Using the scope, an experienced surgeon who is facile with arthroscopic techniques can evaluate the entire shoulder joint and can usually fix the tear through very small incisions using specially-designed instruments and devices.
How is a shoulder arthroscopy and labral done?
The surgery is done using arthroscopic techniques. Instead of a large incision I use 3-5 small (about 1/2″) incisions. Through 1 incision I insert the arthroscope that lets me look inside your shoulder.
Your surgeon will be trained to know how to interpret what is seen on the camera, which will be fairly hard to understand for a novice. In rotator cuff and labral repairs, the surgeon will first clean up the area with suction. The tear often ends up with a fair amount of fraying, which itself can cause pain.
The surgery is done using arthroscopic techniques. Instead of a large incision I use 3-5 small (about 1/2″) incisions. Through 1 incision I insert the arthroscope that lets me look inside your shoulder.
While shoulder arthroscopy is considered a very safe surgical procedure, there are possible complications that should be considered before undergoing surgery for treatment of your condition. Patients should be aware of the possible complications, and the likelihood of these complications occurring.
Arthroscopic shoulder surgery, or shoulder arthroscopy, is a valuable tool to treat rotator cuff tears. Using the scope, an experienced surgeon who is facile with arthroscopic techniques can evaluate the entire shoulder joint and can usually fix the tear through very small incisions using specially-designed instruments and devices.