A rotator cuff tear is quite unlike appendicitis: a short delay prior to operating, if surgery is ever necessary, rarely has any long lasting ill effects.

In this Woman's Doctor, the topic is how shoulder pain can be debilitating. In some cases, it can lead to rotator cuff surgery.

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 ...

Arthroscopic rotator cuff surgery offers several benefits over conventional open surgery. There is not a lot of dissection, which translates into less pain for the patient.

Rotator cuff injuries are amongst the most painful and severe we’ll ever endure. The lesson I learned from changing my lifestyle in advance is that the length of time we’ll spend recovering ...

Rotator cuff dysfunction allows superior migration of the humeral head that causes eccentric loading of the glenoid component and early loosening.

Medicare covers rotator cuff surgery when it is medically necessary. Costs can vary by plan and the facility where a person has the procedure.

Now, there's a new surgical option that's helping people with rotator cuff injuries. An arthroscopic repair called Net Bridge uses anchors, sutures and a special fibertape to create a net that ...

You’d only embark into the surgical theater when everything else has failed. [But] the natural tendency is to fix what’s damaged, whether it’s the labrum or the rotator cuff.’’ ...

Medicare covers rotator cuff surgery in different ways depending on where you have the procedure. Out-of-pocket costs can vary. Read more.