Shoulder Pain and the relationship of these structures
While Dr. Bennett’s local draw includes shoulder patients from Sarasota, Venice, Bradenton, Palmetto, North Port, Englewood and Longboat Key, he has patients come from abroad for his shoulder expertise as an internationally recognized orthopedic surgeon.

Early on in the mid 1990’s and following shoulder training in Switzerland and Arthroscopy and Sportsmedicine in Los Angeles, he set out on a path to use the minimally invasive arthroscope with shoulder surgery to better identify lesions of the rotator cuff tendons and the biceps.

Arthroscopic Subscapularis Tear Sarasota Florida

Rotator Cuff and biceps pulley
Over the course of 5 years, he was able to classify various lesions of the rotator cuff and biceps pulley as well as the subscapularis tendon. He was one of the first performing arthroscopic subscapularis repairs and has reported upon the outcome of all types of rotator cuff repairs performed arthroscopically. He has never opened a rotator cuff repair in the course of his entire career of 17 years.

Published in the Journal of Arthroscopy over 10 times as the primary and only author, as well as serving 5 years on the editorial board of the Journal of Arthroscopy, his published work on the topic of rotator cuff repair, classification and outcomes studies is some of the most commonly quoted articles cited in peer-reviewed papers.

Arthroscopy. 2001 Feb;17(2):173-80. Subscapularis, medial, and lateral head coracohumeral ligament insertion anatomy. Arthroscopic appearance and incidence of “hidden” rotator interval lesions.

This study has identified and reports on 46 arthroscopically identified subscapularis tears, 25 “hidden” rotator interval lesions (SGHL/MCHL complex) and 6 SGHL/CHL complex plastic deformation lesions in 165 patients undergoing shoulder arthroscopy for conditions ranging from anterior instability to rotator cuff tears.

The incidence rate of subscapularis tendon involvement in 165 arthroscopically treated shoulder patients was 27%. The incidence rate of subscapularis tendon disruptions with rotator cuff pathology was 35%.

Forty-seven percent of all subscapularis tears involved the SGHL/CHL complex. Ten percent of all rotator cuff tears involving the supraspinatus tendon involved the LCHL.

Primary lesions of the rotator interval can occur and regardless of the associated pathology, and if these lesions are not repaired, biceps tendon subluxation may exist.

Come to Bennett Orthopedics and Sportsmedicine and be treated by one of the first Surgeons to report upon the arthroscopic repair of the subscapularis tendon, ESSKA, Nice, France 1998-William F Bennett MD

Dr. Bennett’s immediate services area is localized to Sarasota, Bradenton, Venice, North Port, Englewood and Lakewood Ranch, Florida. With easy access to Tampa-St. Petersburg Airports, as well as Ft Myers airport, his reach extends to Naples, Port Charlotte, out-of-state and International patients.

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