University of Calgary researchers reported no significant long-term differences in outcomes between open and mini-open surgical repairs for treating full-thickness rotator cuff repairs. The ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . With the advancement of arthroscopic surgery in the repair of rotator cuff tears, the gold standard of open ...

Forty-eight patients with massive rotator cuff tears were treated with our standardized five-step technique of arthroscopic guided mini-open transosseous repair with bursal augmentation. MRCT was ...

For decades, rotator cuff surgery has been treated as a mechanical problem. A tendon tears. A surgeon brings it back to bone. Anchors and sutures hold it in place. The operation succeeds if the repair ...

A randomized control trial led by two Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry members has shown benefits to getting patients moving earlier after surgery to repair the rotator cuff—the group of muscles and ...

Rotator cuff tears are common and are associated with shoulder pain, disability, and dysfunction. Previous studies that have reported different arthroscopic techniques are controversial. A network ...