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Investigators developed a model that used baseline radiographic, demographic and surgical factors to predict major intraoperative or perioperative complications after surgery for adult spinal deformity

How the acetabular cup is positioned during total hip arthroplasty (THA), especially in cases of a degenerative or aging spine, can make a difference in whether patients will develop corresponding spine pain or have the resolution of existing pain, according to sources who spoke with Orthopedics To...

With combined hip and spine disease, there is no standard answer for what is the preferred first operation. The surgeon must determine which disease is more painful and/or disabling.

Although investigators found improvements for function and pain, they discovered no significant change in weight after obese patients underwent transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion.

Recently published results showed athletes with chronic anterior shoulder instability treated with arthroscopic subscapularis augmentation experienced restoration of joint stability.

Patients who received a continuous brachial plexus block while undergoing upper extremity arthroplasty had an increased incidence of potential barriers to discharge as well as an increased length of stay compared with patients who received single-shot regional anesthesia, according to recent data.

Proximal humerus fracture after pectoralis major tendon repair has been recently reported. Although this complication is rare, it may be possible to decrease such risk using newer techniques for myotenodesis.

Patients with anterior shoulder instability treated with the traditional Latarjet technique had greater bony contact with the glenoid and greater bone width on each side of the screws, which allowed for a larger surface for healing, compared with the congruent arc modification of the Latarjet techni...

An assessment of patient-reported outcome tools used among patients undergoing shoulder surgery for glenohumeral osteoarthritis showed the Constant-Murley score should serve as the primary patient-reported outcome.

Patients who underwent reverse total shoulder arthroplasty either with or without subscapularis repair experienced significant clinical improvements, per recently published data.