Shoulder pain may keep your clinic full, but it’s also keeping hospital CFOs up at night. With more than 460,000 rotator cuff ...

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 ...

For irreparable tears in young patients, open muscle transfers such as latissimus dorsi for supraspinatus and infraspinatus tears and pectoralis major transfer for subscapularis tears are considered.

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.

Most rotator cuff tears start within the supraspinatus tendon, and previous studies have shown improved outcomes after supraspinatus repair.

George had two surgical procedures late last spring to repair significant pathology in each of his shoulders: A repair of a partial supraspinatus tear in his right shoulder was completed in May ...

"The tears have been shown to be lined with a synovial cellular layer consisting of T cells, which cause enzymatic reduction, inhibiting the actual repair of the tear itself," Dr. Bashir explained ...

Surgical repair of a rotator cuff tear involves reattaching the torn tendon or tendons to their proper place on the humerus. Surgeons can do so arthroscopically—by using cameras and small tools ...

The number of proliferating tendon cells was higher in the partially torn supraspinatus than in the matched or reference subscapularis tendons. Discussion The presence of increased apoptosis and p53 ...

Preservation Versus Release of Normal Long Head of Biceps Tendon in Repair of Isolated Stage-1 Supraspinatus Tears: Preservation Leads to Slightly Lower Constant-Murley Scores and More Reoperations.

Dear V.K.: The rotator cuff is a group of four muscles (subscapularis, supraspinatus, infraspinatus and teres minor) that attach the arm to the torso. The bony joint does not really do that the ...