Arthroscopic Posterior Shoulder Burscoscopy and Superior Medial Angle Resection

Snapping scapula is a condition that can cause severe debilitation in some patients. It has a number of causes including scapulothoracic bursitis, bony or soft tissue masses, muscle abnormality, and trauma. Nonoperative treatment is successful for most patients; however, snapping scapula associated with structural causes is less likely to respond to nonoperative management and most likely would require operative intervention. Scapulothoracic burscoscopy offers a safe and efficacious option for treatment of snapping scapula and scapulothoracic bursitis with similar results to those of open procedures and potentially with less morbidity and faster return to sports and activities of daily living.