Frozen Shoulder 360° Release

Kenneth Cutbush; Kristine Italia; Rishi Narasimhan; Ashish Gupta

doi:10.1016/j.eats.2020.11.006

Frozen Shoulder 360° Release

Arthrosc Tech. 2021 Mar 1;10(4):e963-e967. doi: 10.1016/j.eats.2020.11.006. eCollection 2021 Apr.

Authors

Kenneth Cutbush^{1

2}, Kristine Italia^{2

3}, Rishi Narasimhan⁴, Ashish Gupta²

Affiliations

¹ University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
² Queensland Unit for Advanced Shoulder Research (QUASR), Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia.
³ St. Luke's Medical Center, Manila, Philippines.
⁴ Manning Base Hospital, Taree, Australia.

Abstract

Arthroscopic capsular release has emerged as a safe and reliable method for treating severe frozen shoulder in patients with significant loss of range of motion. This article describes a reproducible technique for arthroscopic 360° release of the shoulder performed in the lateral decubitus position.