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Is Surgery Required For The Focal Tendonsis In The Shoulder?
i SUSUTAINED AN ANT. SHOULDER DISLOCATION AND UNDERWENT REDUCTION IN ER USING TRACTION/COUNTER-TRACTION METHOD- i HAVE RECENTLY HAD MRI OF THE SHOULDER- RESULTS AS FOLLOW: 1)INCREASED SIGNAL BENEATH THE SUPERIOR LABRUM W/ NONLINEAR CONFIGURATION AND EXTENSION POSTERIOR TO THE ANCHOR IS FROM A SLAP LWSION THAT IS CONTINGUOUS W/ ABNORMAL POSTERIOR CHONDRAL LABRAL SIGNAL THAT CAN BE FOLLOWED TO 8 O CLOCK. fREE EDGE OF THE SUPERIOR LABRUM IS BLUNTED. aNTERIOR LABRUM INTACT.
2) FOCAL SIGNAL WITHIN THE ANTERIOR RIM OF THE SUPRASPINATUS FROM FOCAL TENDONOSIS OR CONCEALED TEAR- DOES NOT INTERRUPT ATTACHING ARTICULAR- SIDED FIBERS. thERE IS PROMINENT SIGNAL HETEROGENEITY OF THE INTRASPINATUS FROM PARTIAL TEARING. sOFT TISSUE SIGNAL WITHIN SYNOVIAL PROLIFERATION OR SCAR AS SEEN IN ADHESIVE CAPSULITIS.
3) FOCAL TENDONOSIS OR CONCEALED TEAR WITHIN THE ANTERIOR RIM OF THE SUPRASPINATUS AND IRREGULAR/HERTEROGENOUS ARTICULAR SIDED INFRASPINATUS SIGNAL FROM HIGH-GRADE PARTIAL TEARING
WHAT DOES ALL THIS MEAN IN TERMS OF MY TREATMENT OPTIONS- WILL THIS REQUIRE SURGERY? PLEASE NOTE THAT I ALSO HAVE DX OF HYPOTHYROIDISM, AUTONOMIC DYSREFEXIVE DISORDER,AND POTS SYNDROME. i AM 37YR OLD FEMALE AND VERY ACTIVE. HOW LONG SHOULD I EXPECT RECOVERY TIME TO TAKE?