Shoulder & Elbow

The February 2026 Shoulder & Elbow Roundup 360 looks at: Surgeon-directed home therapy is as good as formal physiotherapy after reverse shoulder arthroplasty while reducing cost; Salvage total elbow arthroplasty offers reliable motion, but at the cost of higher complications after distal humeral fracture; Long-term follow-up after arthroscopic Bankart repair shows durable stability, but a high prevalence of radiological osteoarthritis driven by preoperative factors; Congruent arc Latarjet delivers durable stability and high return to sport with modest rates of graft nonunion and radiological osteoarthritis at ten years; Consensus guidance highlights cautious early motion and major evidence gaps after arthroscopic stabilization for anterior instability; Conservative management successful for most degenerative cuff tears, but beware the manual worker; The terrible triad: just as terrible, whatever therapy you do; Rising use of Latarjet coracoid transfer parallels a decline in arthroscopic Bankart repair, as surgeons increasingly address glenoid bone loss.