Surgery is considered in selected patients whose rotator-cuff tears do not resolve with nonoperative treatment. The precise indications for surgery are debated. Patients generally have good ...

Age increases risk. Nonsurgical treatments can aid in healing rotator cuff injuries. Serious tears may require rotator cuff surgery. Depending on severity, the healing process can take several weeks ...

The HEALICOIL REGENESORB Suture Anchor was designed primarily for shoulder rotator cuff repair, but is also indicated for ... clinical assistant professor of surgery, University of Illinois College of ...

Add Bruce Prichard to the injury list. On the latest episode of Something To Wrestle, Prichard announced that he tore his rotator cuff and will undergo surgery. "I have a torn rotator cuff. Torn, ...

Debate continues to surround the reliability of available classification systems, indications for surgery ... sutures are used for fixation, incorporating the rotator cuff combined with repair ...

first 3 compared arthroscopic with open surgery). The median number of participants was 45. The search found 50 shoulder arthroscopy intervention RCTs (rotator cuff tears 22, instability 14 ...