Dr. Youderian is a board-certified, orthopedic surgeon who specializes in the care and treatment of fractures, arthritis, dislocations and complex injuries or tears of the shoulder, upper arm and elbow. Prior to SCOS, Dr. Youderian practiced for several years in Chicago at the Illinois Bone & Joint Institute.
Dr. Youderian is originally from New Jersey. He completed his undergraduate studies at Northwestern University with a degree in biomedical engineering.
Shoulder replacement surgery is mostly performed to relieve symptoms of severe shoulder pain and disability due to arthritis. In this procedure, the damaged articulating parts of the shoulder joint are removed and replaced with artificial prostheses.
The rotator cuff is a group of tendons in the shoulder joint that provides support and enables a wide range of motion. A major injury to these tendons may result in rotator cuff tears. It is one of the most common causes of shoulder pain..
Repeated use of the shoulder including overhead movements during sports or at the workplace can lead to a sliding of the upper arm bone out of the shoulder socket (glenoid). This dislocation often occurs in the forward direction and is associated with injury or tears of the shoulder labrum.
Elbow joint replacement, also referred to as total elbow arthroplasty, is an operative procedure to treat the symptoms of arthritis that have not responded to non-surgical treatments in order to eliminate your pain and increase mobility.
Arthroscopy is a surgical procedure during which the internal structure of a joint is examined for diagnosis and treatment of problems inside the joint. In arthroscopic examination, a small incision is made in the patient's skin through which pencil-sized instruments that have a small lens and lighting system (arthroscope) are passed
Minimally invasive shoulder joint replacement is a surgical procedure that replaces damaged bone surfaces with artificial humeral and glenoid components to relieve pain and improve functional ability in the shoulder joint through a small incision using specialized instruments...
Assessment of surgeon variability in preoperative planning of reverse total shoulder arthroplasty.
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