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The Shoulder
Part 3

1. The second step in arthroscopy, the extremely helpful procedure in rotator cuff repair,  utilizes the arthroscope to visualize and trim any bone spurs or thickened ligament beneath the acromion.

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2. In impingement surgery, the major goal of the procedure is to increase the space between the acromion and the rotator cuff tendons.

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3. The Bankart repair procedure was developed based on the idea that the primary reason the shoulder dislocates is that the ligaments in the front of the joint have been torn from their attachment on the glenoid.

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4.  One procedure recommended for AC joint arthrosis is a resection arthroplasty, also called a partial claviculectomy.

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5. In a total shoulder replacement procedure to replace the humeral head and glenoid, the surgeon makes a small lateral incision from the superior aspect of the acromion to the deltoid insertion.

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