Patient Care Pathways and Guidelines

Patient Care Pathways

The BESS Patient Care Pathways are being developed by through the BESS Education and Research Committees with BESS members, who are leading research and treatment in their expert areas. The pathways have been specifically designed with patients and clinicians in mind and are available for public access.

BESS aims to produce at least one set of guidelines every year. Once completed they are also published in the BESS journal, Shoulder & Elbow.

Atraumatic Shoulder Instability

Atraumatic-Shoulder-InstabilityDownload
Commissioning Guide: Subacromial Pain

Subacromial-Shoulder-Commissioning-GuideDownload
Frozen Shoulder

Frozen_ShoulderDownload
Glenohumeral Osteoarthritis

Glenohumeral-OsteoarthritisDownload
Subacromial Shoulder Pain

Subacromial_Shoulder_PainDownload
Tennis Elbow

Tennis-ElbowDownload
Traumatic Anterior Shoulder Instability

Traumatic_Anterior_Shoulder_InstabilityDownload

Guidelines

BESS has also published the following guidelines in Shoulder & Elbow

Investigation and Management of Periprosthetic Joint Infection in the Shoulder and Elbow

Written in conjunction with the BOA

PJI-GuidanceDownload
Surgical Procedure Guidelines: The Provision of Primary and Revision Elbow Replacement Surgery in the NHS

Written in conjunction with the BOA

TER-SPGDownload