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Other patients do not accept this severe limitation and choose treatment options that restore the range of motion (ROM) more rapidly. Conventional open release techniques generally improve motion but involve extensive dissection. The purpose of this study was to develop a safe and reproducible technique of arthroscopic capsular release (ACR) and to present the results of this technique in the clinical situation. The technique for ACR was first defined in a cadaver study and then applied in 28 patients with primary adhesive capsulitis of the glenohumeral joint. The patients were selected for the arthroscopic release when conservative therapy had failed for at least 6\u00a0months. All of the patients had a global loss of shoulder motion and had motion restored with a combined anterior, posterior, superior, and inferior release of the of the capsule (360\u00b0 release). Additionally, in all patients synovectomy with electrocautery was performed. We documented the ROM in the different planes as well as the Constant score. The Constant score improved a mean of 41 points. Range of motion for all planes significantly improved (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>&lt;0.01). Abduction improved from 75\u00b0 preoperatively to 165\u00b0 intraoperatively; 6 weeks after surgery, mean abduction was 168\u00b0 and at the time of follow\u2010up it was 167\u00b0. Mean external rotation in adduction improved from 3\u00b0 preoperatively to 75\u00b0 intraoperatively. After 6 weeks, the mean external rotation in adduction was 72\u00b0 and at the time of follow\u2010up the external rotation reached 76\u00b0. Mean external rotation in abduction improved from 4\u00b0 preoperatively to 81\u00b0 intraoperatively, 80\u00b0 after 6 weeks and 85\u00b0 at the time of the last follow\u2010up. Internal rotation in abduction was 17\u00b0 preoperatively. Intraoperatively, mean internal rotation was 59\u00b0. An angle of 58\u00b0 was documented at 6 weeks follow\u2010up, and at the last follow\u2010up an angle of 63\u00b0 was documented. No postoperative lesion of the axillary nerve was present. We concluded that arthroscopic capsular release is a reliable method for restoring motion with minimum morbidity in carefully selected patients. When performing an ACR the incision of the glenohumeral joint capsule should be undertaken at the glenoidal insertion in the abducted and external rotated shoulder.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1007\/s001670100194","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2002,10,6]],"date-time":"2002-10-06T11:32:07Z","timestamp":1033903927000},"page":"178-186","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":111,"title":["360\u00b0 arthroscopic capsular release in patients with adhesive capsulitis of the glenohumeral joint \u2013 indication, surgical technique, results"],"prefix":"10.1002","volume":"9","author":[{"given":"Joerg","family":"Jerosch","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"<!--<label>1<\/label>--> Department for Orthopedic Surgery Johanna\u2010Etienne\u2010Hospital Am Hasenberg 46 41462 Neuss Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2001,4,10]]},"container-title":["Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"http:\/\/link.springer.com\/content\/pdf\/10.1007\/s001670100194.pdf","content-type":"application\/pdf","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"http:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s001670100194\/fulltext.html","content-type":"text\/html","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/esskajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/pdf\/10.1007\/s001670100194","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2025,10,19]],"date-time":"2025-10-19T14:18:11Z","timestamp":1760883491000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/esskajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1007\/s001670100194"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2001,4,10]]},"references-count":0,"journal-issue":{"issue":"3","published-print":{"date-parts":[[2001,5]]}},"alternative-id":["10.1007\/s001670100194"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s001670100194","archive":["Portico"],"relation":{},"ISSN":["0942-2056","1433-7347"],"issn-type":[{"value":"0942-2056","type":"print"},{"value":"1433-7347","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2001,4,10]]}}}