Mr Richard Sinnerton - Operations and Complications 2006 PDF Print E-mail


Operations (main ones)

injection into shoulder (in hospital)
118
manipulation frozen shoulder
105
arthroscopic capsular release
19
arthroscopic decompression      
+/- acj excision +/- LHB tenotomy
124
shoulder stabilisation     
17
tennis elbow microdebridement  
17
shoulder replacement  
9
ACJ stabilisation
7
rotator cuff repair
6
clavicle fracture pinings
5
multiple others
(small numbers)

carpal tunnel, elbow replacement, frature fixation, removal of ganglions, ulna nerve decompression, stiff elbow release etc

Complications

infections
(settled with antibiotics)
2
infections (needing surgery)
1
nerve damage after MUA
1 (resolving)
redislocation of shoulder
0
post-operative frozen shoulder requiring MUA
1
post-operative frozen shoulder resolved
3
failed operation
1 (ACJ stabilisation stretched out and was re-done with good outcome)