Medical Dialogues

Arthroscopic Subacromial Decompression Shows No Long-Term Benefit in Subacromial Pain Syndrome: Study

Finland: Researchers have found in a randomized controlled trial that arthroscopic subacromial decompression (ASD) does not ...
Healio

Arthroscopic subacromial decompression may not improve shoulder impingement at 5 years

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact [email protected]. Published results showed patients with shoulder ...
Healio

Concurrent subacromial decompression, rotator cuff repair may reduce risk of revision

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Subacromial decompression with arthroscopic rotator cuff repair yielded a 21% risk reduction for revision ...
Business Wire

Innocoll Announces Publication of Positive Results from Pivotal Clinical Trial of POSIMIR in Arthroscopic Subacromial Decompression

POSIMIR ® (bupivacaine solution) for infiltration use reduced mean pain over 72 hours after arthroscopic subacromial decompression surgery compared with vehicle control and improved several measures ...
Medscape

Shoulder Decompression No Better Than Placebo Surgery

Arthroscopic subacromial decompression surgery does not reduce pain any more than arthroscopy alone in people with shoulder impingement, researchers say. "[T]he findings from our study suggest that ...
JSTOR Daily

Subacromial decompression versus diagnostic arthroscopy for shoulder impingement

Mika Paavola, Antti Malmivaara, Simo Taimela, Kari Kanto, Jari Inkinen, Juha Kalske, Ilkka Sinisaari, Vesa Savolainen, Jonas Ranstam, Teppo L N Järvinen and Finnish Shoulder Impingement Arthroscopy ...
Daily Mail

Most common type of surgery for shoulder pain given to thousands of patients 'does not work', panel of international experts argue

Common surgery given to thousands of patients battling shoulder pain doesn't work, according to mounting evidence. Decompression surgery is used to manage the symptoms of the most common form of ...
BMJ

Calcifications in the cuff: take it or leave it?

Dirk-Jan Hofstee, St. Elisabeth Hospital, Tilburg, The Netherlands; dj_hofstee{at}hotmail.com Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate whether removing the calcifications in the rotator cuff ...
Nasdaq

DURECT Corporation Announces U.S. FDA Approval of POSIMIR® For Post-Surgical Pain Reduction for up to 72 Hours Following Arthroscopic Subacromial Decompression

CUPERTINO, Calif., Feb. 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- DURECT Corporation (Nasdaq: DRRX) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved POSIMIR® (bupivacaine solution) for ...
SiliconRepublic

Most common surgery in the western world might be unnecessary

A new study claims patients undergoing one of the most common surgical procedures in the western world might be wasting their time. A team of researchers from the University of Helsinki has spent the ...
The Independent

Invasive surgery for chronic shoulder pain doesn’t work, study finds

Many countries have strict regulations to ensure new drugs are effective and are worth the money before doctors can prescribe them. But surgical procedures are often less strictly regulated. This can ...