Closed and minimally invasive are the choices for patients with chronic periarthritis of the shoulder

Closed and minimally invasive are the choices for patients with chronic periarthritis of the shoulder

Middle-aged and elderly people over 50 are more likely to suffer from frozen shoulder than ordinary people. Although the disease has a certain self-healing ability, it lasts for a long time and is likely to leave varying degrees of joint deformity. Early diagnosis and treatment of frozen shoulder are key.

Good methods for treating frozen shoulder mainly include:

1. Medication

You can apply external plasters on the affected shoulder, or apply safflower oil, massage lotion and other drugs on the affected shoulder, supplemented by massage. If the pain is severe, you can use Western medicine, such as indomethacin and piroxicam, to relieve the pain and create conditions for massage and functional exercise.

2. Partial closure

For patients with shoulder periarthritis who have obvious joint pain, tenderness, progressive worsening of joint movement disorders, or joint pain that affects massage, functional exercise and other clinical treatments, local blockade treatment can be performed at the tender area.

3. Minimally invasive treatment

As a new minimally invasive technology, laser needle knife release has achieved good clinical results in the treatment of frozen shoulder. This therapy has the effects of anti-inflammatory and analgesic, promoting tissue repair, preventing scar formation, and enhancing body resistance. It is less traumatic to patients and has a fast recovery.

Minimally invasive shoulder arthroscopy is one of the fastest growing disciplines in the field of surgery and sports medicine in the past 25 years. Like other arthroscopic surgeries, it has the advantages of accurate diagnosis, minimal surgical trauma, accurate surgery, no need for secondary surgery to remove fixed consumables, and significant results, and is deeply loved by most patients. Minimally invasive shoulder arthroscopy will also become the main surgical method for treating frozen shoulder in the future.

Although minimally invasive shoulder surgery is good, it is not suitable for all patients. It is mainly for patients with intractable frozen shoulder, that is, patients with long-term intractable pain, bone deformity, severe rotator cuff tendon lesions or ruptures, severe shoulder dysfunction caused by joint adhesions and joint capsule contracture, or obvious impact caused by subacromial osteophytes.