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The Role for Shoulder Hemiarthroplasty in the Young, Active Patient.
Clin Sports Med
October 2018
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Keck Medical Center at University of Southern California, 1520 San Pablo Street, Suite 2000, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA. Electronic address:
Younger patients with severe glenohumeral (GH) arthritis are a challenge to treat, as they have high physical demands, high expectations, a long lifespan, and often altered anatomy from prior surgery or congenital deformity. Nonoperative management is the cornerstone of treatment; however, when it fails, shoulder arthroplasty can be indicated. Although the literature suggests that total shoulder arthroplasty is the most appropriate for severe GH arthritis, there are a subset of patients in which a hemiarthroplasty can still be successful.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMulti-institutional outcomes using magnetic sphincter augmentation versus Nissen fundoplication for chronic gastroesophageal reflux disease.
Surg Endosc
August 2016
Division of Thoracic Surgery, Swedish Medical Center and Cancer Institute, 1101 Madison Street Suite 900, Seattle, WA, 98104, USA.
Background: Magnetic sphincter augmentation (MSA) has emerged as an alternative surgical treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). The safety and efficacy of MSA has been previously demonstrated, although adequate comparison to Nissen fundoplication (NF) is lacking, and required to validate the role of MSA in GERD management.
Methods: A multi-institutional retrospective cohort study of patients with GERD undergoing either MSA or NF.