DocumentCode
1381038
Title
Electrothermally-assisted capsular shift
Author
David, Tal S. ; Drez, David J., Jr.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Orthopedic Surgery, Louisiana State Univ. Med. Center, USA
Volume
17
Issue
3
fYear
1998
Firstpage
102
Lastpage
104
Abstract
The marriage of biomedical instrumentation and patient care has once again proven itself successful. The electrothermally-assisted capsular shift is a new procedure with various potential applications. Despite its embryonic stage, this procedure is being used by a handful of shoulder surgeons who are cautiously pursuing new and improved ways to prevent the common and debilitating diagnosis of shoulder instability. Follow-up thus far is short, and the current literature lacks studies that compare the time-honored conventional standard of open stabilization to this new procedure. However, those surgeons who have been using this divide are optimistic about its role in the future repair of shoulder injuries
Keywords
bioelectric phenomena; biothermics; surgery; electrothermally-assisted capsular shift; shoulder injuries repair; shoulder instability; shoulder surgery; Biomedical engineering; Electrothermal effects; Instruments; Joints; Laser surgery; Portals; Proteins; Radio frequency; Shoulder; Temperature dependence;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0739-5175
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/51.677176
Filename
677176
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