An update on regional anesthesia in shoulder surgery: a narrative review.

Background And Objective: Perioperative pain management is of considerable interest in shoulder surgery due to its association with severe postoperative pain. Over time, regional anesthesia has become widely utilized in postoperative pain control. Because poor pain management after orthopedic surgery remains an issue, optimal utilization of regional anesthesia should continue to be a focus for shoulder surgeons.

Intra-articular corticosteroid injection vs. suprascapular nerve block for adhesive capsulitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis of level I randomized controlled trials.

Background: Intra-articular corticosteroid injection and suprascapular nerve block are both options for nonoperative management of adhesive capsulitis. While numerous studies support the benefits of steroid injections, the use of suprascapular nerve blocks is less established. Published randomized trials comparing steroid injections and suprascapular nerve blocks for managing adhesive capsulitis have reported mixed results.

Rates of retear following rotator cuff repair are similar between men and women.

Hypothesis: A systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted investigating sex-based differences in retear rate after arthroscopic rotator cuff repair (RCR). It is hypothesized that females experience a higher rate of retear than males.

Methods: We performed a systematic review of 3 databases according to Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines.

A novel process to reduce the cost of admission for treatment of infected shoulder arthroplasty.

Background: With the rapidly increasing volume of total joint arthroplasty procedures, the incidence of periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) and its associated economic burden are expected to rise. Two-stage reimplantation, a common strategy for PJI management, is costly, as it requires multiple surgeries and hospitalizations, with total costs ranging from $35,000 to $42,000. Given the long hospital stays required for these patients, a quality improvement project was undertaken at the authors' institution to reduce cost of admission (COA) and length of stay (LOS).