Shoulder Surgeon

Conditions Treated:

• Subacromial impingement

• Rotator Cuff tear

• Pectoralis Major tear

• Long head of biceps tendinitis

• Shoulder instability / Recurrent dislocations

• AC Joint osteoarthritis

• AC joint dislocation – Coracoclavicular ligament reconstruction

• SLAP tear

• Labral tear

• Cartilage injury

• Frozen shoulder/Adhesive capsulitis

• Post traumatic shoulder stiffness

• Snapping Scapular

• Shoulder Osteoarthritis

• Shoulder Inflammatory Arthritis

• Shoulder Rotator Cuff Arthropathy

• Clavicle fracture / Malunion

Shoulder surgery:

Where possible Dr Elliott performs keyhole (arthroscopy) surgery to minimise scarring, post-operative pain and reduce risk of infection. 

Keyhole procedures include:

• Arthroscopic Rotator cuff repair

• Arthroscopic Subacromial decompression

• Arthroscopic Biceps tenotomy/tenodesis

• Arthroscopic labral repair and stabilisation

• Remplissage

• Arthroscopic AC Joint excision

• Arthroscopic AC Joint stabilisation with “Dogbone”

• Frozen Shoulder Arthroscopic Capsular release

• Scapulothoracic arthroscopy for snapping scapular

Open surgery of the shoulder includes:

• Open stabilitations for recurrent dislocation

• AC Joint Stabilisation and CC ligament reconstruction

• Latarjet / Glenoid bone grafting for recurrent dislocation

• HAGL lesion repair

• Hemiarthroplasty

• Total Shoulder Joint replacement

• Reverse Total Shoulder joint replacement

• Revision Total Shoulder joint replacement