title: Multimodality imaging of the postoperative shoulder.
abstract: Multimodality imaging of the postoperative shoulder includes radiography, magnetic resonance (MR) imaging, MR arthrography, computed tomography (CT), CT arthrography, and ultrasound. Target-oriented evaluation of the postoperative shoulder necessitates familiarity with surgical techniques, their typical complications and sources of failure, knowledge of normal and abnormal postoperative findings, awareness of the advantages and weaknesses with the different radiologic techniques, and clinical information on current symptoms and function. This article reviews the most commonly used surgical procedures for treatment of anterior glenohumeral instability, lesions of the labral-bicipital complex, subacromial impingement, and rotator cuff lesions and highlights the significance of imaging findings with a view to detection of recurrent lesions and postoperative complications in a multimodality approach.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Technische Universität München, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Ismaninger Strasse 22, 81675, Munich, Germany. woertler@roe.med.tum.de
authors.forename: Klaus
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Woertler
mesh_terms: D001175:Arthrography; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D007592:Joint Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D007593:Joint Instability / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D017006:Rotator Cuff / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D000070636:Rotator Cuff Injuries; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012782:Shoulder / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D012783:Shoulder Dislocation / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D019534:Shoulder Impingement Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D000070599:Shoulder Injuries; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome