Patient Satisfaction and Patient Reported Outcome Measure Data in Arthroscopic Release of Frozen Shoulder

We present a consecutive series of 99 arthroscopic capsule releases with a mean follow-up period of 28 months. This cohort gave patient reported outcome measures and satisfaction scores that reflect an excellent outcome following an anterior capsule and rotator interval release with a manipulation to achieve a full range of movement intra-operatively. Oxford Shoulder Score went from a mean of 23 pre-operatively to 44 post-operatively. At a mean of four months, satisfaction score was 9/10, 88% had returned to work, 92% reported an improvement in the quality of their sleep and 94% stated that they would have the procedure again. No difference was found between those that did receive steroid injections at the time of surgery and those that did not and there was no trend for diabetic patients to do worse than their non-diabetic contemporaries.