Purpose: The primary aim of this study was to investigate medium-term survivorship following arthroscopic Bankart repair (ABR) for anterior glenohumeral instability. The secondary aim was to determine whether the pre-operative magnetic resonance (MR) arthrography glenoid track measurement predicted recurrent instability following ABR.
Methods: Over a 9-year period (2008-2017), 215 patients underwent ABR.
Background: Frozen shoulder causes pain and stiffness. It affects around 10% of people in their fifties and is slightly more common in women. Costly and invasive surgical interventions are used, without high-quality evidence that these are effective.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Manipulation under anaesthesia and arthroscopic capsular release are costly and invasive treatments for frozen shoulder, but their effectiveness remains uncertain. We compared these two surgical interventions with early structured physiotherapy plus steroid injection.
Methods: In this multicentre, pragmatic, three-arm, superiority randomised trial, patients referred to secondary care for treatment of primary frozen shoulder were recruited from 35 hospital sites in the UK.
Aims: The aim of this study was to examine the recent trend in delivery of arthroscopic subacromial decompression (ASD) in Scotland and to determine if this varies by geographical location.
Methods: Scottish Morbidity Records were reviewed retrospectively between March 2014 and April 2018 to identify records for every admission to each NHS hospital. The Office of Population Censuses and Surveys (OPCS-4) surgical codes were used to identify patients undergoing primary ASD.
This study evaluated how exposure to ultraviolet (UV) light affected the gloss of composite resins following application of resin-based surface sealants (SSs). Thirty composite resin discs were fabricated using cylindrical molds and randomly assigned to 1 of 5 SS groups (n = 6 each). Both sides of each disc received a polyester film clear matrix surface finish, and then rotary finishing and polishing procedures were performed on 1 side only.
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