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Can you suffer a neck injury as a result of arthroscopic rotator cuff repair surgery in a beach chair?

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Dr. Thomas Deberardino answered

Specializes in Orthopedic Surgery

Positional stiffness: Positional stiffness can occur during any surgical procedure, to include neck pain/stiffness from arthroscopic shoulder surgery performed in the beach chair (sitting) position.

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Answered 4/18/2013

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