What's new in shoulder surgery.
The purpose of this update on shoulder surgery is to discuss, in summary fashion, topics presented at selected orthopaedic meetings during the time-period of August 1999 to July 2000. Sources for this article were presentations and symposia at meetings of the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (Specialty Day, Orlando, Florida, March 2000, and the Twenty-sixth Annual Meeting, Sun Valley, Idaho, June 2000), the Arthroscopy Association of North America (Specialty Day, Orlando, Florida, March 2000, and the Nineteenth Annual Meeting, Miami, Florida, April 2000), the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (Sixty-seventh Annual Meeting, Orlando, Florida, March 2000), the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons (Specialty Day, Orlando, Florida, March 2000, and the Sixteenth Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October 1999), and the American Orthopaedic Association (113th Annual Meeting, Hot Springs, Virginia, June 2000).
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Texas Orthopaedic Hospital, Fondren Orthopedic Group, Houston 77030, USA. gary@gartsman.com
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D001182:Arthroscopy; D006801:Humans; D007593:Joint Instability / Q000601:surgery; D007595:Joint Prosthesis; D008023:Ligaments, Articular / Q000293:injuries; D019637:Orthopedic Procedures / Q000639:trends; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D000070636:Rotator Cuff Injuries; D019534:Shoulder Impingement Syndrome / Q000628:therapy; D000070599:Shoulder Injuries; D012785:Shoulder Joint / Q000601:surgery*; D013709:Tendon Transfer