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What types of shoulder injuries require surgery?

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Dr. Daniel Mass answered

Specializes in Orthopedic Surgery

Many : Large rotator cuff tears in a young people, unstable dislocations or multiple dislocation, displaced fractures all should be considered for surgery.

Answered 1/6/2014

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There are many.: Generally speaking, rotator cuff tears, labral tears and shoulder dislocations in the young population, are the common problems that require surgery.

Answered 3/14/2015

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Dr. Rick Pospisil answered

Specializes in Orthopedic Surgery

Surgical shoulder in: When there r structural damages to supporting ligaments ,tendons or bone., many times full recovery maximally occurs when surgical repair is undertaken. So unstable shoulders with stretched or torn ligaments, complete tears of rotator cuff, displaced angulated fractures of numeral head or glenoid should be fixed surgically.

Answered 12/18/2018

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