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Arthroscopic Subacromial Decompression and Correction of the Critical Shoulder Angle

Subacromial Pain Syndrome

Luke Depner, OT on Instagram: "impingement fears be gone! 💥 shoulder impingement (compression of structures in the subacromial space) happens. in fact, it happens to a good deal of us (with pain or no pain) and in a variety of positions that don’t even include overhead reaching (Lawrence et al 2019) 😳 and shoulder impingement has been the boogie man of shoulder pain for decades… but should it? 🤔 Karjalainen et al (2019) did a review that showed that “high-certainty evidence shows that subacro

Edwin Haronian, MD, FAAOS on Instagram: "Why is the subacromial decompression step so important for the long-term success of the repair? The Mini-Open Repair is a hybrid approach! We use the arthroscope to clean up the joint and remove bone spurs from the acromion (decompression). If the tear is large, we then make a small open incision to use strong anchors and sutures to reattach the tendon firmly to the bone. This combination gives us the best view and strongest repair for complex tears. Foll