I can’t promise you that if you come to National Shoulder and Elbow Week on May 17, 2024 in Buffalo, NY that you will meet one of the Buffalo Bills, Sabres, Bandits or Bulls. (although players are certainly welcome if they want to come : )) But there’s a REALLY good chance that you will … Read more
Do you hate shoulder pain? If so, come join us at the Darwin Martin House in Buffalo, NY on May 17, 2024 as we celebrate National Shoulder and Elbow Week and raise money to beat shoulder pain. You will meet the best shoulder doctors in the region and enjoy top notch catering by Oliver’s (open … Read more
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