SUBACROMIAL DECOMPRESSION VS. PLACEBO SURGERY: NO DIFFERENCE (Orthopedics This Week)
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For patients with shoulder impingement syndrome, arthroscopic subacromial decompression offers no real benefit compared to diagnostic arthroscopy or exercise therapy at 5 years post injury, a new study finds.
In “Subacromial decompression versus diagnostic arthroscopy for shoulder impingement: a 5-year follow-up of a randomized placebo surgery controlled clinical trial,” published in the January 2021 issue of the British Journal of Sports Medicine, the researchers found no between-group differences for primary outcomes at 5 years.
The long-term efficacy of arthroscopic subacromial decompression (ASD) was compared with the efficacy of diagnostic arthroscopy and exercise therapy.
The multicenter randomized, controlled trial included 210 patients, aged 35 to 65 years. All the participants had symptoms consistent with shoulder impingement syndrome for more than 3 months. Eighty-three percent of them completed the 5-year follow-up. The trial was conducted between February 2005 and O...
