Subscapularis management during shoulder arthroplasty demands a critical attention to detail and may benefit most from the utilization of ultrasonography, according to investigators. The findings were ...

Peter Lapner, MD, FRCSC, and colleagues randomly assigned 100 patients undergoing anatomic shoulder arthroplasty to either the subscapularis tenotomy (n=47) or subscapularis peel approach (n=53).

The subscapularis tendon is a tendon that plays a role in the rotator cuff and shoulder biomechanics. It is one of four muscles that make up the rotator cuff, and helps the shoulder move in internal ...