Joe A Shaw PA-C - 2/25/2008

Question
Dear Sir,
First Time my Left Shoulder got Dislocated was 13yrs back and since then frequently it happens,(once in 4 Months) Now i am quite used to it.I am planning to have surgery to arrest this problem.Please guide as what should be the permanent solution and any side effects to doing so...

Answer
UJ
This is a great article I have found for you.
Some of the surgeons around here have use a procedure called thermal capsulary surgery...basically they have a thermal heat source and during surgery they touch it to the shoulder muscles that have become "stretched" and much like a slice of bacon in a pan...what happens? it shrinks right...so this is what they hope the rotator cuff (shoulder) muscles will do. I don't know if the article mentions this or not. It is mainly used for a condition called multi-directional instability of the shoulder, which can lead to chronic dislocations
http://www.orthop.washington.edu/uw/arthroscopic/tabID__3376/ItemID__162/PageID_...