Post Op Protocols
Disclaimer: Protocols vary by surgeon and procedure. Please verify with your physician and/or therapist.
General Protocols
Upper Extremity protocols
Shoulder
- Acromioclavicular (AC) Joint repair
- Anatomic Shoulder Replacement (Hemi vs Total)
- Arthroscopic Shoulder Discharge Instructions
- Open Distal Clavicle Excision
- Patient Recommendations pre and post-op
- Reverse Total Shoulder Replacement
- Rotator Cuff Repair
- Shoulder Acromioplasty
- Shoulder Instability (Bankart Repair + Remplissage)
- SLAP Debridement + Bicep Tenotomy
- SLAP Repair
Pectoralis
Triceps
Elbow
- Cubital Tunnel Release in Situ
- Cubital Tunnel Release with Transposition
- Elbow Bursal Excision_Bursectomy
- Elbow Dislocation
- MCL or LUCL Repair or Reconstruction
- O-K Procedure
- Olecranon ORIF
- Osteochondral autograft transplantation for OCD
- Tenex Elbow Post Op Protocol
- Tennis Elbow Surgery + Extensor Origin Debridement
Forearm
Wrist
- Acute S-L Ligament Repair (with temp pins or screw)
- Carpal Tunnel Release
- Dequervain’s Release
- Four Corner Fusion with Scaphoid Excision
- Full Wrist Fusion
- Ganglion Cyst Removal (Wrist)
- ORIF Distal Radius Fracture
- ORIF Radius Shaft Fracture
- ORIF Scaphoid Fracture
- Proximal Row Carpectomy
- S-L Reconstruction & Capsulodesis
- TFCC Debridement
Hand
- Arthrodesis- DIP, PIP, or MCP Joint Fusion
- Arthroplasty- Finger or Thumb Joint Replacement
- Dupuytren’s Open Procedure
- Extensor Pollicis Longus Repair
- Flexor Tendon Repair- Tenodesis Program (early active mobilization)
- LRTI-Basilar Joint Arthroplasty
- Mucous cyst
- Soft tissue mass excision
- Thumb MCP Joint Ulnar Collateral Ligament Repair (Gamekeeper’s Thumb)
- Trigger Finger Release
- Ulnar_Radial Collateral Lig Repair MP joint
- Xiaflex Injection
