Shoulder Arthroscopy surgery is a means of treating is injured shoulders. Many surgeries to have been developed to their repair the muscles, connective tissue, or damaged joints that can be arise from traumatic or over use of the injuries to the shoulder.
A surgeon inserts a narrow tube in to the attached to a fiber optics video camera through a small incision about the size of a button hole. Surgery can be used to the treat certain conditions of the shoulder if nonsurgical options do not provide desired pain relief or return of function. Some conditions that may require shoulder surgery include severe shoulder arthritis, rotator cuff tears and frozen of the shoulder.
Complications of shoulder Arthroscopy:
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Before the operation, a member of the anesthesia staff will talk with you about anesthesia options.
Shoulder arthroscopy may be performed using a regional nerve block, which numbs your shoulder and arm. This numbing medicine is injected in the base of your neck or high on your shoulder. This is where the nerves that control feeling in your shoulder and arm are located. In addition to its use as an anesthetic during surgery, a nerve block will help control pain for several hours after the surgery is completed.
Many surgeons combine nerve blocks with a light general anesthetic because patients can become uncomfortable staying in one position for the length of time needed to complete the surgery. General anesthesia puts you to sleep.
Shoulder arthroscopy During shoulder arthroscopy: