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PreOp® Patient Education Rotator Cuff Repair Open Surgery 8

bit.ly or bit.ly – Patient Education – www.PreOp.com Patient Education Company Rotator cuffsurgery only rarely leads to complications. In some cases, this kind of procedure can result in persistent residual neuralgia — or pain — around the incision sites. It can be either localized or general. It may develop soon after surgery — or even weeks or months later. In rare cases, the surgery does not restore full mobility or strength to the arm. When this occurs, it is usually because the rotator cuff tendons were damaged in ways that surgery could not fully repair. Patient Education Once you return home, you will be responsible to keeping the dressing intact and clean. As with all surgery, you should be alert for signs of infection near the incision – increased swelling, redness, bleeding or other discharge. Your doctor may advise you to be on the alert for other symptoms as well. If you experience any unusual symptoms, report them to your doctor right away. You may also notice some bruising in the general area of the incision. The discoloration may be extensive – but as with any bruise, it should heal on it’s own. Patient Education Before you leave, you’ll be given discharge guidelines which may include diet, medication, work and other activity restrictions. You’ll also make at least one follow-up appointment so that the doctor will be able to check the healing of the incision and to remove sutures. This program has been designed to help you to understand a surgical …

PreOp® Patient Education Rotator Cuff Repair Open Surgery

www.PreOp.com Patient Education Company your doctor will make a vertical incision on your shoulder. Skin and other tissue will be pulled back in order to expose the shoulder’s muscles. These will also be pulled aside to expose the shoulder joint and tendons. Under the deltoid muscle lies the bursa, a protective sac that prevents the rotator cuff tendons and the shoulder muscles from rubbing against each other. Your doctor will remove the bursa … … to gain access to the damaged tendons. Next, the surgeon will cut away any scar tissue or unhealthy tissue around the torn area. Using sutures, the tear can now be repaired. Before closing, the deltoid muscle is returned to its proper position … … and the skin is rejoined and sutured. Finally, a sterile bandage is applied. In order to keep the shoulder muscle immobile while it heals, you will be given a sling to wear. Patient Education Company

Rotator Cuff Repair – Arthroscopic preop® Patient Education

www.preop.com This is a feature preop® Surgery Video ©2010 medselfed, Inc. Before we talk about treatment, let’s start with a discussion about the human body and about your medical condition. Your doctor has recommended that you have surgery to repair a torn rotator cuff. But what does that actually mean? Rotator cuff is the term given to describe a group of four tendons that work together to support and stabilize the shoulder joint. Each tendon connects muscle to bone. When a shoulder muscles contracts, it pulls on a tendon which in turn pulls on the upper arm bone and causes it to move. When one or more of these tendons become damaged, the arm loses strength and mobility. So make sure that you ask your doctor to carefully explain the reasons behind this recommendation. This is a feature preop® Surgery Video ©2010 medselfed, Inc.

Rotator Cuff Repair Open preop® Patient Education

www.preop.com http or bit.ly – Patient Education – www.preop.com Your doctor has recommended that you have surgery to repair a torn rotator cuff. But what does that actually mean? Rotator cuff is the term given to describe a group of four tendons that work together to support and stabilize the shoulder joint. Each tendon connects muscle to bone. When a shoulder muscles contracts, it pulls on a tendon which in turn pulls on the upper arm bone and causes it to move. When one or more of these tendons become damaged, the arm loses strength and mobility. So make sure that you ask your doctor to carefully explain the reasons behind this recommendation. http or bit.ly – Patient Education – www.preop.com

Rotator Cuff Repair – Arthroscopic preop® Patient Education

www.preop.com http or bit.ly – Patient Education – www.preop.com Before we talk about treatment, let’s start with a discussion about the human body and about your medical condition.Your doctor has recommended that you have surgery to repair a torn rotator cuff. But what does that actually mean? Rotator cuff is the term given to describe a group of four tendons that work together to support and stabilize the shoulder joint. Each tendon connects muscle to bone. When a shoulder muscles contracts, it pulls on a tendon which in turn pulls on the upper arm bone and causes it to move. When one or more of these tendons become damaged, the arm loses strength and mobility. So make sure that you ask your doctor to carefully explain the reasons behind this recommendation. http or bit.ly – Patient Education – www.preop.com On the day of your operation, … you will be asked to put on a surgical gown. You may receive a sedative by mouth … … and an intravenous line may be put in. You will then be transferred to the operating table. In the operating room, a nurse will begin preparation by clipping or shaving your shoulder. If you are receiving general anesthesia, the anesthesiologist will administer it by injection and using an inhalation mask. The surgeon will then apply an antiseptic solution to the skin… … and place a sterile drape around the operative site. To perform arthroscopic surgery your doctor will make three small, button-hole sized incisions in the area around the …