Matthew DiPaola A Random Email Turns into a Unique Event Last year at this time I took a chance on a random email. The email was from the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons Foundation (ASESF) leaders soliciting host cities for National Shoulder and Elbow Week 2024. The ASES is a professional organization to which I belong that … Read more
Based on their evidence the authors of the START: REACTS trial recommended against the balloon as they found no benefit in the intervention group and in some subgroups found net harm compared to their control group. They noticed worse clinical outcome results especially in women, with some showing increase in pain in the test group … Read more
Inspace Blog Post Follow up: Review of the papers This is an update to a previous blog post I wrote about the Inspace balloon. Since the original post, the full results of the FDA pivotal trial have been published in the peer reviewed literature in a prestigious orthopedic journal: The Journal of Bone and Joint … Read more
A recent presentation at the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons annual meeting by Harvard Professor Jon J.P. Warner M.D. concluded that when shoulder surgeons perform a higher volume of shoulder replacement procedures, they have lower complication rates. Shoulder replacement is a technically demanding procedure. To master the procedure surgeons need many years of training. This … Read more
Disclosure: I have no financial relationship with any orthopedic implant manufacturer including Stryker the owner of the technology that this post discusses. You are about to start hearing more about a relatively new technology for treating massive rotator cuff tears. I say “relatively new” because the technology has been available in Europe and a few … Read more
Shoulder replacement is an excellent operation for many people with shoulder arthritis. Our Buffalo, NY based team is actively researching ways to make it better. Last week I was honored to accept the Charles Neer award from the American Shoulder and Elbow Society on behalf of our team at University at Buffalo/ UBMD Orthopedics and … Read more
Most patients, who have new instability after a surgery to fix shoulder instability, DON’T want more surgery. http://www.healio.com/orthopedics/arthroscopy/news/online/%7B207d5985-69ec-43db-8fd8-6971b6357b84%7D/speaker-most-patients-with-instability-do-not-have-additional-surgery-after-bankart-repair A 2014 paper presentation at the Arthroscopy Association of North America found that patients who had surgery to stabilize a dislocating shoulder had about a 1 in 4 chance of having another episode of dislocation or subluxation … Read more
Winter can be unpredictable in Buffalo, NY. That can sometimes spell bad news for your shoulder. Even though snow can be beautiful it can sometimes lead to slippery conditions that can result in unexpected problems. One of the most common types of injuries that I see in the winter are shoulder injuries after a slip … Read more
I have noted in other posts that rotator cuff tears can cause a lot of confusion. Let’s assume that your doctor has diagnosed you with a rotator cuff tear. He or she presents you with a few options: physical therapy, injections, surgery. You have a small tear. You are in a lot of pain, but … Read more