Introduction Rotator cuff tendinopathy is a significant source of musculoskeletal disability. Accompanying muscle changes may be important determinants of the prognosis. The aim of this study was to ...

Use of either the transtendon technique or tear completion for the arthroscopic repair of partial-thickness subscapularis tears associated with full-thickness supraspinatus tears resulted in ...

Results showed the mean total thickness of the supraspinatus tendon increased by 12.5% for medium tears and by 17.1% for large tears between baseline and 2-year follow-up. Researchers found 11.5% ...

Severe rotator cuff injuries, such as full-thickness tears, often require surgery because the supraspinatus tendon (or one of the other rotator cuff tendons) becomes detached from the humerus ...

The blinded, multi-centre RCT compared the healing rate of full-thickness rotator cuff tears repaired with and without augmentation with the REGENETEN Bioinductive Implant.

If a patient is active and otherwise healthy and has a full thickness tear of one or more of their rotator cuff tendons that is not excessively retracted, I recommend surgery.

Note full-thickness tear of supraspinatus tendon (arrowheads) B: Oblique sagittal proton density MR image shows preserved subcoracoid fat triangle (asterisk) view more ...

Tears of the supraspinatus tendon are referred to as “full-thickness,” meaning that greater than 50 percent of the fibers that comprise the tendon are ruptured, or “partial-thickness ...

The tear is commonly small (partial tear) but can be large to the point of rupture. Full-thickness rotator cuff tears in siblings are significantly more likely to progress over a period of five years ...