American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery Recertification Announcement
Dr. Lynch, successfully passed the 2018 Combined Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Recertification Examination and fulfilled all requirements of the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery Maintenance of Certification process. Successfully accomplishment of the previously aforementioned renews Dr. Lynch’s Board Certification in [...]
Rotator cuff tears associated with shoulder dislocations
Joseph Lynch, MD The Shoulder Clinic of Idaho Rotator cuff tears occur by three mechanisms – 1) chronic tears associated with the natural aging of the tendon; 2) acute traumatic tears; and 3) acute-on-chronic tears. By far the most [...]
Preparing for total shoulder arthroplasty
Joseph Lynch, MD The Shoulder Clinic of Idaho Often times surgeons preparing to perform a total shoulder arthroplasty will need additional imaging to ensure the rotator cuff tendon is intact and that the glenoid bone is sufficent for an [...]
PRP Use During Rotator Cuff Repair Surgery
Malavolta et al. Clinical and structural evaluations of rotator cuff repair with and without added platelet-rich plasma at 5 year follow up. 2018;46(13):3134-3141. A recent paper from the American Journal of Sports Medicine compared the clinical and structural outcome [...]