• 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