Medically reviewed by Jennifer Steinhoff, MD A rotator cuff repair is a procedure in which torn tendons and/or muscles surrounding the shoulder are surgically fixed. Rotator cuff tears can cause pain ...

Shoulder symptoms led to an average of 9.6 million physician visits in 2015 and 2016 in the United States. The most common ...

On average, about 50% of functional recovery can be expected three months after arthroscopic surgery to repair a torn rotator cuff. If it goes untreated, a smaller rotator cuff tear can grow ...

There are three main sections: the identification and description of the symptoms caused by known rotator cuff tears, the impact that these tears had upon the lives of the participants followed by ...

This review proposes a model to describe the continuum of the rotator cuff pathology from asymptomatic tendon through full thickness rotator cuff tears. Conclusions The pathoaetiology of rotator ...

RCR—patients with a full thickness rotator cuff tear undergoing rotator cuff repair surgery. Biopsies of the supraspinatus tendon were taken on the day of intervention, prior to treatment, and ...

The New Orleans Pelicans announced forward Herb Jones will miss the remainder of the season after he underwent successful ...

Preoperative opioid use may be a significant predictor of inferior pain and functional outcomes up to 6 months after rotator cuff repair. Outcomes were compared with a cohort of opioid-naïve ...

By inducing beige-FAP transplanted cells into a rotator cuff model of injury and after repair with B-agonists, the repair group had virtual elimination of fatty infiltration and improved markers ...