FAQs on Shoulder Arthroscopy by Leading Arthroscopic Surgeon Dr Shekhar Srivastav

ISITNECESSARYTOSTRENGTHENYOUR SHOULDERORUPPERBACKMUSCLES BEFOREGOINGFORSHOULDER ARTHROSCOPYSURGERY?

Dr Shekhar : It is not a prerequisite to strengthen your shoulder before going for Shoulder Arthroscopy surgery.

Of course it helps in rehabilitation and one should strengthen the shoulder muscles before arthroscopy surgery but if its rotator cuff tear or bankart tear then one must not wait for strengthening exercises. So exercises does help but its not mandatory

ISITNORMALTOHAVEFROZENSHOULDERAFTERSHOULDER ARTHROSCOPYSURGERY?

Dr Shekhar : No, if the arthroscopy surgery is performed in a proper way, it does not usually lead to a Frozen Shoulder. The patient gets full range of motion. There are different arthroscopic surgeries for different problems in the shoulder joint.

For instability like Bankart Repair, usually the patient does not have any stiffness in the shoulder joint after arthroscopy. After Rotator Cuff Repair, sometimes patient do get some stiffness but that is usually recoverable and can be managed with physiotherapy exercises

So it is wrong to say that all patients get Frozen Shoulder after Shoulder Arthroscopy surgery. In Fact in most of the cases, because Arthroscopy surgery is minimally invasive, there is less pain and so recovery is faster and results are very good.

QUE:ISTHEREANYRESTRICTIONINMOTIONAFTERARTHROSCOPIC

SURGERYFORSHOULDER?ARETHEREANYCOMPLICATIONS?

Dr Shekhar: It all depends on which procedure is being performed. Like if it is a Rotator Cuff tear, you must wait for a while till the tendon heals to the bone. So in that case you have to restrict movement from 6 to 8 weeks after which you start exercises to gain full movement. Similarly for Bankart repair also you have to restrict the movement for 3 to 4 weeks but the patient is allowed to do his or her normal activities like earring, surfing mobile, walking etc . But rigorous activities are restricted.

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ABOUTDRSHEKHARSRIVASTAV

Dr Shekhar Srivastav heads the Orthopedics Department and is the senior orthopedics consultant performing Joint replacement & Arthroscopic Surgeries of Knee & Shoulder Joints. He has a keen interest in management of Knee & Shoulder problems and is one best robotic knee replacement surgeon in Delhi and North India. He has performed thousands of Knee Replacement ( Primary, Revision & Unicondylar replacement) & Arthroscopic Surgeries ( ACL, Meniscus, Cartilage surgeries). Similarly in Shoulder he’s an expert in performing Shoulder Arthroscopies ( Bankart repair, Rotator Cuff Repair) & Shoulder replacement Surgeries ( Total & Reverse Shoulder Replacements). He has keen interest in following area of Orthopedics www.delhiarthroscopy.com