Dr. Mazzocca Demonstrates Tips and Pearls for Shoulder Arthroscopy Essentials: Using an OR Blanket as an Axillary Bump : OrthoPedia

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Augustus D. Mazzocca, MD (Farmington, CT), shows a quick tip for using a sterile operating room (OR) blanket as an axillary bump during shoulder arthroscopy. This increases circumferential access to the glenoid during glenohumeral instability surgical cases in the lateral decubitus position.