Dr…….MY SHOULDER
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Alain ISERIN
Consultant Shoulder Surgeon Oaks Hospital Colchester 15.11.2021
Dr…….MY SHOULDER
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PAIN IS THE MOST FREQUENT CONDITION
FOR SHOULDER CONSULTATIONS
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ANALYSE THE PAIN
Is it following an accident or a fall?
Sudden start/Progressive start
Chronic evolution?
Is it related to movements?
Worse or better with rest at night?
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SHOULDER PAIN
ASSOCIATED FACTORS OR SIGNS
.Age
.Physical activity: work, sport
.Motion assessment
.Strength evaluation
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SIMPLE CLINICAL ANALYSIS
AND PLAIN XRAY
often guide to the
most common pathologies
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INSTABILITY
. Young patient, sport activity
. Following an initial trauma episode
. Related to movements
. Sometimes subluxation or dislocation
. Xray Hill Sachs, Glenoid fracture
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REFERRAL FOR
. Arthro MRI : labrum tear,
. Arthroscopic repair
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IMPINGEMENT
. Age 40 +
. Night pain
. Typical manouvers
.Test injection in the bursa
. Xray spur underneath the acromion.
. US no complete tendon tear
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REFERRAL IF
. Medications and injections temporary relief
. MRI partial tendon tear
. Arthroscopic decompression
Intratendinous
Bursal side
Articular side
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ROTATOR CUFF TEAR
. Age 50 +
. Permanent pain.
. Weakness 1,2 or 3 tendons
. Xray sometimes migration humeral head
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REFERRAL FOR
. MRI size, muscle value
. Arthroscopic repair
. Tendons too retracted: Reverse shoulder
Fat - Sat
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CALCIFIC TENDINITIS
. Age 30 to 40. women
. Bilateral often
. Acute pain sometimes
. Stiffness
. Xray
. Injection in the bursa
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REFERRAL IF
. Pain and calcium still present after injection
and medications
. Arthroscopic calcium removal
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ARTHRITIS. Age 50 +
. Chronic pain
. Stiffness
. Weakness sometimes
. Xray centered or excentered
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REFERRAL IF. Pain unbearable after medications and physio
. MRI to assess joint and tendons
. Reverse shoulder replacement + - graft
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ACROMIO CLAVICULAR PATHOLOGY
. Acute: AC joint dislocation (fall)
Xray superior migration distal clavicle
. Chronic
Sport++ weight lifting
pain on the as joint: injection
Xray: images
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REFERRAL FOR
.Acute: young patients Stabilization
.Chronic: pain still present after injection
Arthroscopic resection distal clavicle
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FROZEN SHOULDER
. Permanent pain
. Age 30 to 60
. Diabetes sometimes
. Stiffness in all directions
. Xray normal
. Injection difficult
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REFERRAL
For guided injections only
No surgery..
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CONCLUSION
ACURATE CLINICAL EXAMINATION
DIAGNOSIS