Common Shoulder Surgery May Be Unnecessary




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Summary: Common surgery for shoulder pain no more effective than medical and physical therapy. Mika Paavola, Antti Malmivaara, Simo Taimela, Kari Kanto, Jari Inkinen, Juha Kalske, Ilkka Sinisaari, Vesa Savolainen, Jonas Ranstam, Teppo L N Järvinen. Subacromial decompression versus diagnostic arthroscopy for shoulder impingement: randomised, placebo surgery controlled clinical trial. BMJ, 2018; k2860 DOI: 10.1136/bmj.k2860