shoulder Preservation
in San Antonio

Shoulder injuries and chronic shoulder pain can be very debilitating and can make doing everyday things painful or impossible. Shoulder injuries can make it difficult or impossible to work or play the sports you love.

If you’ve experienced any common shoulder symptoms/causes like stiffness, inflammation, swelling, or shoulder pain after sleeping, you should set up an appointment for treatment.

What are some common shoulder injuries and their treatment?

  • Articular cartilage

    The articular cartilage is the soft, gliding surface that caps the ends of your bones and allows your joints to function at their best. Damage to the articular cartilage results in a rough surface of the joint that can cause pain and swelling.

  • Debridement

    Shoulder arthroscopy and debridement is a procedure that is indicated for treatment of symptomatic loose flaps of cartilage that may be causing pain or mechanical complaints such as locking or catching. The procedure is quick, minimally invasive and allows you to return to your regular activities in just a few weeks.

  • Microfracture

    For small, full-thickness cartilage defects, shoulder arthroscopy and microfracture is a procedure in which small holes are punched into the underlying bone to allow bleeding and movement of stem cells into the cartilage defect that results in the growth of fibrocartilage to fill the defect.

  • Osteochondral Autograft

    Osteochondral autograft transplantation is a surgery in which a plug of cartilage and bone is taken from a non-weight bearing portion of your own shoulder and transferred to the area of a small cartilage defect. This surgery is performed either arthroscopically or open, depending on the location of the injury.

  • Osteochondral Allograft

    In the treatment of large cartilage defects or those that have failed other surgical interventions, osteochondral allograft transplantation is a procedure in which a cartilage and bone plug from a size-matched cadaver is used to treat the injured cartilage.

  • Matrix-Associated Chondrocyte Implantation

    Matrix-associated chondrocyte transplantation (or MACI) is a surgery that utilized your own cartilage cells to grow new cartilage in a lab environment and then transplants it into the site of damaged cartilage.

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