Failed acromioplasty for impingement syndrome
- 1 November 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by British Editorial Society of Bone & Joint Surgery in The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. British volume
- Vol. 72-B (6) , 1070-1072
- https://doi.org/10.1302/0301-620x.72b6.2246291
Abstract
We evaluated 67 shoulders in 65 patients who had pain and dysfunction for more than two years after an initial acromioplasty for impingement syndrome without a rotator cuff tear. In addition to a thorough history, physical examination, local anaesthesia injection and any other necessary investigations all patients had arthroscopic evaluation of the shoulder. In 27 shoulders there had been diagnostic errors, and in 28 operative errors; only in 12 had the diagnosis and the operative procedure both been correct. Subsequent operative intervention in patients not receiving worker's compensation benefit had a 75% success rate, whereas in those receiving such benefits the success rate was only 46%.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- Rotator cuff function in the impingement syndromeThe Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. British volume, 1989