Dr Steve Brenn - Shoulder surgery in Lausanne
Dr Steve Brenn - Shoulder surgery in Lausanne
Arthroscopic surgery: rotator cuff repair, shoulder stabilisation and shoulder prosthesis
Consultation and surgical procedures
By Dr Steve Brenn, FMH-qualified surgeon in Lausanne
Treatment for diseases of the joints or ligaments
A shoulder is said to be unstable when it repeatedly dislocates during certain
movements.
Dislocations are generally the consequences of primary
traumas. Hyperlaxity may trigger instability.
The aim of shoulder stabilisation is to repair
ligament damage and avoid repeated dislocation.
The operation is done with
arthroscopic surgery.
Patients are hospitalised on the day of the operation.
The operation is carried out with interscalene catheter placement, more or less under general anaesthesia.
The procedure lasts around 1h30 and is done with shoulder
arthroscopy, which uses 2 small 5-mm-sized incisions.
On the first post-operative day, patients start the programme of
physiotherapy twice daily.
The interscalene catheter will be gradually removed.
The hospital stay is 3 nights / 4 days.
On returning home:
Change of dressings twice a week at the surgery of the
treating physician or at the outpatient clinic.
No outpatient physiotherapy for one month.
Removal of the stitches 15 days after the operation at the surgery of the treating physician or at the outpatient clinic.
Next check-up at Dr Steve Brenn's surgery is 1 month
postoperatively.
The procedure helps stabilisation of the shoulder with generally a loss of around 10 degrees of external rotation.
Infection: less than 0.5%
Stiffness: gentle physiotherapy or cessation of physiotherapy helps treatment.
Avenue de Servan 10
1006 Lausanne