shoulder aiming device

Due to the dense muscle mass in shoulder joints, creating a puncture for a working cannula is often quite difficult. If a clean puncture allowing access directly to the joint is not achieved the first time, the risk of a subsynovial oedema increases greatly. The shoulder puncture system has been specifically designed to help eliminate this risk. The system allows you to align your arthroscope accurately in the joint space. Simply attach the puncture system to the arthroscopic sheaths and maintain your arthroscopic vision in a parallel direction to the shoulder joint rim. At this point you will find the working triangulation portal in an ideal position. After a puncture is created with the desired trochar, simply replace the trochar with a working cannula and start working with your instruments. Useful for both cranial and caudal approaches. See VCOT 2004; 17:1-56 for review