Relapsing Shoulder dislocation or Glenohumeral instability is an excessive and inusual movement between humeral head and glenoid cavity of scapula.
This movement is a result of repeated gestures during work or sport activity, where stabilising mechanisms of glenohumeral joint fail.
Between 50% and 70% of these cases occur in patients under 30 years old, most frequently male. Glenohumeral instability was the focal point at the second edition of the Shoulder Arthroscopy Course (AHB-2013), which took place last 27th and 28th of June 2013 at Bellvitge University Hospital.
The main reason for arthroscopic surgery failure in glenohumeral instability treatment is a bone defect in the glenohumeral cavity of the shoulder.
For this reason, the restoration of the glenoid cavity by means of bone grafting with arthroscopy allows successful treatment of this defect and instability, says Dr A. Hachem, who is a specialist at the Traumatology and orthopedic surgery department from Bellvitge University Hospital.
Conservative treatment of these injuries is quite ineffective. Comparatively, minimally invasive surgery allows to correct anatomical injuries in a less agressive and more effective way.
Bellvitge University Hospital is the first hospital in Spain where the reconstruction of bone defect of the glenoid cavity is done with autologous iliac crest bone graft, from the same patient, with arthroscopic surgery entirely. Arthroscopic surgery, which is minimally invasive, allows to reduce damage in tissues, to minimize pain, to reduce the size of scars since incisions are minimal, and fast recovery allows patients to return to their daily work ans sport activities sooner. Besides, Dr A. Hachem says patients’ hospital stay is shorter using this technique.
- Con motivo del Día Mundial de la Diabetis, el Dr. Pérez Maraver analiza el impacto de esta enfermedad
- Se ha presentado el Programa para la detección precoz de la nefritis lúpica y la vasculitis renal en el Área Costa de Ponent
- La Dra. Montse Olivé ha realizado una estancia de seis meses en el Instituto de Myologie de París
- L’HUB acull la segona edició del Curs d’especialització en Ultrasonografia Encoscòpica
- En l’avantguarda del tractament i la investigació del dolor neuropàtic
Most popular news
- La innovadora cirugía de tiroides a través de…
- Bellvitge University Hospital is pioneer in a…
- The University Hospital of Bellvitge performs…
- Isidro Ferrer: a Revolutionary in Neuropathol…
- Doctor. Laurence Claes gives a lecture at our…
- ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) Multidisc…
- The Minister of Health opens in IDIBELL the n…
- The new Laboratory of General Histology of th…
- Dr. Carme Baliellas leads a HUB research proj…
- The Dr. Isidro Ferrer has initiated two resea…
Issues
Archives Bellvitge University Hospital breast reconstruction Catalan Health Service Catalan Institute of Health Catalan Institute of Oncology Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO) Catalan Knee School Department of Health Sciences Department of Heart Disease digital files Electro-medicine Unit erritorial Information Systems Committee FIS hereditary cancer Hesperia foundation Hospital Duran i Reynals Hospital Sant Joan de Reus Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Cinta Hospital Viladecans Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia Institute of Neuropathology Internal Medicine International Electrotechnical Commission International Gynecologic Surgery Course Laboratory of General Histolog Nephrology Service neurological comprehensive care neurophysiology neurosurgery Nuclear Medicine Open University of Catalonia operating rooms Pneumology Quality Agency of the Ministry of Health resident physicians short-stay hospital unit Spanish Association Against Cancer Spanish hospital management Spanish Society of Diabetes stuffed temporary percutaneous tracheostomy Surgical Nursing Toracotraq type 2 diabetes University of Barcelona