The 2008 American Orthopedic Society for Sports Medicine Specialty Day at The Moscone Center has recently released a study where they come up with interesting facts about benefits, the young, and athletic, first-time shoulder dislocation patients can derive from the long term arthroscopic surgery.Robert A. Arciero, MD, of the Keller Army Hospital in West Point, NY found that 92 percent of the young active patients are likely to dislocate their shoulder again when conservative approaches like rest and immobilization in a sling were used. Instead of this the surgery is likely to yield better results.
The research was initiated in 1993 by Dr. Arciero who started performing arthroscopic surgery on young military cadets who suffered their first shoulder dislocation. The short-term results were excellent. The study was focused upon how the treatment would fare over the years on them. It was decided to examine the long terms results on these patients. The patients were found to maintain healthy and active life style. Even after a period of 10 years, the surgery was found to be effective and the cadets were able to display excellence shoulder performance and high activity level. This further study was led by Major Brett Owens, MD, of Williams Beaumont Army Medical Center in El Paso, Texas.