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Complications in General Glenohumeral and Subacromial Space Procedures

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Typical and frequent indications for arthroscopic shoulder surgery include the “true” outlet impingement, a symptomatic osteoarthritis of the ac-joint and a chronic calcific tendinitis of the rotator cuff. Such indications are routinely treated by standard arthroscopic techniques: Acromioplasty, ac-joint resection and arthroscopic removal of calcific deposits. Nevertheless, each disease has typical complications and pitfalls in the course of decision making for surgery (preoperative), during arthroscopic execution (peroperative) and during the postoperative treatment period (postoperative). Anticipating such disease- und procedure-specific complications in advance, most of the can be effectively avoided.

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Wellmann, M. (2020). Complications in General Glenohumeral and Subacromial Space Procedures. In: Lafosse, L., Agneskirchner, J., Lafosse, T. (eds) Complications in Arthroscopic Shoulder Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-24574-0_2

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