VAIL — Surgeons at Vail-Summit Orthopaedics are using several new techniques that doctors claim are giving patients better options and better results when it comes to rotator cuff and Achilles heel ...

Recognition of rotator cuff tear patterns is crucial as the tear pattern dictates the repair technique and allows an anatomic, low-tension repair, resulting in better healing and better outcomes ...

The superior capsule reconstruction is a novel treatment option for massive, irreparable posterosuperior rotator cuff tears. Treatment goals of such tears are to reduce pain, restore shoulder ...

A rotator cuff can become torn (partially or fully) due to trauma such as falling on the shoulder or following wear and tear from years of overhead activities. Rotator cuff tears are common both ...

The technique, which he has been using for several years now, is designed to repair rotator-cuff tears — an injury that most often plagues people in their 50s and 60s, he said.

Physicians at the Andrews Institute for Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine have developed a minimally invasive technique to repair large and massive rotator cuff tears, Arthroscopic Triple-Row Rotator ...

Rotation Medical has developed a new way to treat rotator cuff injuries that addresses both the pain and degenerative nature of this problem.

When performing a subacromial balloon spacer technique, the surgeon first clears and prepares the area around the rotator cuff tear. The surgeon then inflates a small balloon, between the humeral head ...

Now doctors are using a number of new techniques to improve the outcome for rotator-cuff repair, including using double instead of single rows of sutures in the repair.