M De Filippo, A Pesce, A Barile, D Borgia, M Zappia, A Romano, F Pogliacomi, M Verdano, A Pellegrini, K Johnson
Author Information
M De Filippo: Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma and Parma Hospital, Via Gramsci, 14, 43100, Parma, Italy. massimo.defilippo@unipr.it.
A Pesce: Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma and Parma Hospital, Via Gramsci, 14, 43100, Parma, Italy.
A Barile: Department of Biotechnologies and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy.
D Borgia: Department of Radiology ASL Lecce, Lecce, Italy.
M Zappia: Department of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Molise, Campobasso, Italy.
A Romano: Campolongo Hospital, Salerno, Italy.
F Pogliacomi: Department of Surgical Sciences, Section of Orthopaedic Clinic, Parma Hospital, University of Parma, Parma, Italy.
M Verdano: Department of Surgical Sciences, Section of Orthopaedic Clinic, Parma Hospital, University of Parma, Parma, Italy.
A Pellegrini: Department of Surgical Sciences, Section of Orthopaedic Clinic, Parma Hospital, University of Parma, Parma, Italy.
K Johnson: Fairfax Radiological Consultants, Washington, DC, USA.
Postoperative imaging in shoulder instability is still a challenge for radiologists due to various postsurgical anatomical findings that could be considered pathologic in treated shoulder. For this reason is very important a deep knowledge about surgical procedures, anatomical changes after surgery and the appropriate diagnostic imaging modalities to work up the symptomatic postoperative shoulder. Postoperative imaging options include use conventional radiography, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), MRI arthrography, computed tomography (CT) and CT arthrography. The purpose of our review is to explain the different surgical procedures and to describe postoperative changes detected with radiological imaging.
