Elbow Injuries: Fractures

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Shoulder Trauma

Shoulder and Elbow Joint Replacement Surgery.

What Anaesthetic Do We Use for Shoulder Surgery

We provide an article for you to read about how we use different types of anaesthetics for shoulder surgery. Usually modern types of anaesthesia utilise a "block" which is local anaesthetic administered around nerves to remove the pain you will feel from the surgery. The commonest one is called an interescalene block.
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Subacromial Decompression- What is it ?

Basic Shoulder Anatomy

This video shows the basic anatomy of the shoulder joint. It will help you understand some of the terminology used by an orthopaedic surgeon or any other health professional involved in the care of your shoulder. For more help click here to find out more animations, diagrams and information.

3D rotator cuff surgery

This 3D animation (from BioDigital Systems) shows a tear of the supraspinatus tendon, one of the 4 tendons that helps move the shoulder। This tendon helps move the arm out to the side and in front of the body. Tears like this can cause weakness and pain of the shoulder. The video shows how the tendon can be repaired by either keyhole or open surgery. Usually preloaded anchors with sutures are inserted into the ball (humeral head) at the insertion point of the torn tendon. The sutures are then passed through the end of the torn tendon to secure it back to the bone when the sutures are tied approximating the tendon toward the anchor within the bone. You will also see a piece of bone removed at the end which is the acromial hook and this increases the space between the rotator cuff and the acromion the plate of bone that roofs the tendon. This space is called the subacromial space. You can see an intraoperative video of this proceedure performed arthroscopically click here.

Acromioclavicular Joint (ACJ) Chronic Dislocation Reconstruction

Chronic acromioclavicular joint (ACJ) injuries can cause a considerable amount of discomfort and functional problems of the shoulder. This technique shows the open surgical reconstruction of this joint by reconstructing the coracoclavicular and superior ACJ ligaments using a hamstring graft. The graft is passed around the coracoid bone and then passed through fashioned holes within the clavicle. It is secured and tensioned in place with biotenodesis screws. The redundant limbs of the graft are then used to reconstruct the superior ACJ ligament.

Article Features

Ford Qureshi has written feature articles for the European Journal of Orthopaedic Product News for which he is a consultant editor. There is an article on shoulder replacements , on new arthroscopic techniques to fix acromioclavicular dislocations of the shoulder. He has also written a number of journal reviews on a variety of orthopaedic topics.

Our Website

Visit our website to find out more about us. Here you can also look at a whole host of patient information topics some of which are animated, there are also operative videos showing some arthroscopic ("keyhole") surgery.

Included in the information page are downloadable and printable sheets for you to read at your own leisure or bring along to a consultation to discuss.