Shoulder Pain and Arthroscopic Shoulder Treatments

Shoulder pain can be caused by diseases such as calsification calsification calsification or joint rheumatism in the shoulder joint. Tears that usually occur in tendons or muscles cause severe shoulder pain. Shoulder arthroscopy provides highly satisfactory results in the relief of such pain.

What is Shoulder Arthroscopy?

Arthroscopic closed shoulder surgery is a new generation minimally invasive surgical method used in the diagnosis and treatment of conditions that cause pain and damage to the shoulder joint and surrounding tissues.

In Which Situations Is Shoulder Arthroscopy Used?

The primary approach in the treatment of patients who apply to an orthopedist with complaints such as pain and swelling in the shoulder, decrease in shoulder opening movement, difficulty and weakness in raising the arms, and noise in the joints is to seek help from physical therapy and rehabilitation practices supported by the use of drugs.

Shoulder arthroscopy can be preferred in the treatment of the following shoulder injuries that do not heal with physical therapy and medication:

• Rotator cuff tear
• Labrum tear
• Shoulder impingement syndrome
• Muscle tears in the shoulder
• loose capsule syndrome
• Arthritis in cartilage tissues
• Habitual shoulder dislocation
• Calcific tendinitis pain
• Removal of cysts and tumors

How Is Arthroscopic Closed Shoulder Surgery Performed?

 Arthroscopic shoulder surgeries are performed under local anesthesia. After the operation area is sterilized and anesthetized, liquid injection is made to facilitate the camera to view images.

The arthroscope, which enters the shoulder through a small incision, diagnoses deformation/tissue tear/inflation, etc., that causes pain and/or limitation of use. Then, the problematic tissue on the shoulder is repaired and/or reconstructed through one or two small incisions made at the necessary points. 

After Closed Shoulder Surgery

Closed surgical approaches performed with medical imaging technology are increasingly replacing open surgeries.

In minimally invasive closed surgeries performed with small incisions, skin and facial tissues do not need to be opened. Therefore, surgical trauma is extremely low. The recovery period is quick and easy.