Dr. Shi will maximize nonoperative treatment given your diagnosis and offer therapy program and possibly injections. After nonoperative treatment has failed, surgical management may be offered.
Dr. Lewis Shi treats the following diagnoses:
rotator cuff tear
impingement syndrome
labrum tear; SLAP tear
biceps tendon injury
acromioclavicular (AC) injury; shoulder separation
shoulder instability/subluxiation/dislocation
shoulder arthritis (ball and socket jocket)
cuff tear arthropathy; irreparable rotator cuff tear
nerve dysfunction (suprascapular nerve, axillary nerve, long thoracic nerve)
scapula winging
pectoralis muscle injury
scapulothoracic bursitis
shoulder/elbow fracture; chronic malunion/nonunion
Some of the procedures Dr. Shi performs include:
shoulder arthroscopy
rotator cuff repair
biceps surgery
acromioclavicular (AC) surgery
labrum/Bankart repair (anterior, posterior)
revision after prior surgery
Latarjet procedure (coracoid-transfer for instability)
total shoulder replacement
reverse shoulder replacement
tendon transfers (pectoralis tendon transfer; latissimus tendon transfer)
revision shoulder surgery
