TY - JOUR
T1 - Posterior subacromial injections are superior in differentiating a rotator cuff from a biceps pathology
T2 - A cadaveric study
AU - Duraiswamy, Gopinath
AU - Khanna, Vishesh
AU - Prasad, Prabhudev
AU - Sambandam, Senthil N.
AU - Mounasamy, Varatharaj
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Professor P K Surendran Memorial Education Foundation
PY - 2020/5/1
Y1 - 2020/5/1
N2 - Backgroud: the ideal route and accuracy of subacromial injections in shoulder pathologies are often questioned. This study aimed at comparing anterior and posterior injections in terms of subacromial space dye localization and diagnostic accuracy. We hypothesized that posterior injections would prove more accurate. Methods: lidocaine-dye mix was injected posteriorly and anteriorly in five cadaveric shoulders each. Presence of dye was ascertained at dissection. Results: All five posterior injections remained confined to the subacromial space. In all five anteriorly injected shoulders, the dye was seen leaking from the subacromial space into bicipital groove. Conclusions: Varying accuracies of anterior [69–90%] and posterior [56–80%] subacromial injections have been reported. We observed both routes to be equally accurate [100%]. The dye exclusively remained within the subacromial space with posterior injections. This has higher diagnostic value in differentiating subacromial and long head of biceps pathologies. The anterior approach may have a better therapeutic role in combined subacromial and biceps pathologies.
AB - Backgroud: the ideal route and accuracy of subacromial injections in shoulder pathologies are often questioned. This study aimed at comparing anterior and posterior injections in terms of subacromial space dye localization and diagnostic accuracy. We hypothesized that posterior injections would prove more accurate. Methods: lidocaine-dye mix was injected posteriorly and anteriorly in five cadaveric shoulders each. Presence of dye was ascertained at dissection. Results: All five posterior injections remained confined to the subacromial space. In all five anteriorly injected shoulders, the dye was seen leaking from the subacromial space into bicipital groove. Conclusions: Varying accuracies of anterior [69–90%] and posterior [56–80%] subacromial injections have been reported. We observed both routes to be equally accurate [100%]. The dye exclusively remained within the subacromial space with posterior injections. This has higher diagnostic value in differentiating subacromial and long head of biceps pathologies. The anterior approach may have a better therapeutic role in combined subacromial and biceps pathologies.
KW - Anterior route
KW - Cadaveric study
KW - Long head of biceps
KW - Posterior route
KW - Rotator cuff with biceps pathology
KW - Subacromial injections
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jor.2019.11.015
DO - 10.1016/j.jor.2019.11.015
M3 - Article
C2 - 32021043
AN - SCOPUS:85078406769
SN - 0972-978X
VL - 19
SP - 89
EP - 92
JO - Journal of Orthopaedics
JF - Journal of Orthopaedics
ER -