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Introduction to Shoulder, Arm, and Elbow Surgery
Common shoulder, arm, and elbow complaints disrupt the harmony of musculoskeletal structures in these areas. Athletes, for example, perform repetitive...

Finding a Shoulder, Elbow, and Arm Surgeon
What makes many people so wary of shoulder, elbow, and arm surgeries? Perhaps it is the innate complexity of these structures: to fix a proximal...

What to Expect on the Day of Surgery
Surgery can be somewhat frightening even for the bravest among us. You are only partially clothed, everywhere you look people are dressed in masks...

A Primer on Robotic Surgery
When people first hear the term robotic surgery it is hard not to imagine a robot plucked straight from a science fiction movie standing over a patient...

Understanding the Risks of Surgery
Many modern surgical procedures are both routine and safe but, it is important to remember that there is a certain amount of risk in every surgical...

Calculating the Risks and Benefits of Surgery
Before every surgical procedure, surgeons will determine a risk/benefit ratio either informally or as part of a patient workup. If the ratio is too...

Recovering from Surgery – What to Expect
Surgery recovery is the sequence of steps that occurs from the point at which you awake from anesthesia to the point at which you are fully healed...

Will there be a robot in your operating room?
While this may seem like silly question, an ever-increasing number of surgeries are being performed with the assistance of a robot. Sound like science...

Surgery Demographics – Security and Confidentiality
Surgery demographics are the statistics compiled about the age, gender, race and other characteristics of those undergoing surgery. Essentially surgery...

Surgery Recovery Period
The period after your surgery, called the recovery period, is a very important part of your overall surgical experience. The ease with which you...

Liposculpture: How it Differs From Liposuction
There is quite a bit of confusion when it comes to the similarities and differences between liosculpture and liposuction. Liposuction by its broadest...

Aesthetic Plastic Surgery – Unlimited Choices, Realistic Expectations
In the world of modern aesthetic surgery, there is really no part of the body that cannot be revised. Aesthetic surgery, a discipline within plastic...

Types of Shoulder Surgery
Our shoulder is one of the most amazing joints in our body, with a full 360 degree range of motion at close to full extension. The rotator cuff is actually...

Joint Aspiration Surgery
Joint aspiration or arthrocentesis is one of the more rewarding procedures in medicine because it can be both diagnostic and therapeutic. When a patient...

Shoulder Arthroscopy Surgery - Treatments and Information
We ask the shoulder joint to do some pretty amazing things. It must move the entire arm, sometimes with great force, in a great number of directions...

Acromioplasty - Changing the Shape of the Acromion
The shoulder joint is one of the most amazing joints in the body. It allows the arm to move in almost any direction. The shoulder joint not only provides...