With the advancement of arthroscopic surgery in the repair of rotator cuff tears, the gold standard of open surgery has begun to be slowly replaced. However, the literature has shown similar ...

A rotator cuff repair is a surgery that reattaches your rotator cuff tendon to the upper arm bone (humerus). Our goal with the repair is to reduce the pain in your shoulder by restoring normal ...

There is good news for the more than half a million people a year who need surgery to repair their rotator cuff.

A new Hospital for Special Surgery study suggests that the current rehabilitation used for patients undergoing tendon-bone repairs such as rotator cuff repair may be partially to blame for the ...

Early surgery to repair tears of one of the shoulder rotator cuff muscles provides lasting improvement in strength, function, and other outcomes, reports a study in the August 16, 2017 issue of ...

Arthroscopic rotator cuff repair is highly effective and provides durable results five years after surgery, according to a large, prospective study.

Ipsilateral revision arthroscopic, open rotator cuff repair or arthroscopic debridement was the outcome of interest for a rotator cuff tear diagnosis within 2 years of the initial surgery.

A new medical patch helps promote healing of rotator-cuff injuries and is less invasive than traditional surgery.

Full-thickness tears in a person with existing rotator cuff disease and who have new limitations in shoulder movement are also usually treated surgically.

WASHINGTON – Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld underwent shoulder surgery Tuesday to repair a torn rotator cuff, officials said. Eric Ruff, the Pentagon press secretary, said Rumsfeld, 74 ...

Early surgery to repair tears of one of the shoulder rotator cuff muscles provides lasting improvement in strength, function, and other outcomes, reports a study.