FLORENCE, Italy — A surgeon who treated rotator cuff tears with an arthroscopic single-row anchor technique reported pain relief and increased range of motion over time with a minimum of 2 years ...

As we enter the new millennium, people will no doubt dwell for a time on those things that have been most meaningful in their lives. For some that will be art, literature, business or family. For me, ...

Arthroscopic rotator cuff repair is highly effective and provides durable results five years after surgery, according to a large, prospective study. The study also surprisingly revealed that the ...

Everyone experiences joint pain — some of which can affect quality of life, yet often be hard to specifically diagnose. Imagine being able to experience pain and then examine its cause by simply ...

Objectives To investigate patients’ sports activities prior to and after arthroscopic rotator cuff repair (ARCR) and to better understand the relationship between patient, injury and sport-specific ...

Woman receiving rotator cuff therapy. No significant differences were found in pain management for arthroscopic rotator cuff repair between use of an abduction brace and antrotation sling. For ...

Medically reviewed by Jennifer Steinhoff, MD Key Takeaways Rotator cuff repair surgery is used to fix torn shoulder tendons ...

Repairing a rotator cuff tear via surgery can be a tough decision for older people -- not every surgeon wants to fix their tears that way, believing it may lead to longer healing time or poor outcomes ...

A study published in The American Journal of Orthopedics examined the direct costs of arthroscopic rotator cuff repairs in the outpatient setting. Researchers examined 26 patients who underwent ...

Rotator cuff pathology is a common and disabling condition [1] that affects function and overall quality of life. [2–6] Surgical interventions to address rotator cuff pathology have been the subject ...

Arthroscopic rotator cuff repair is highly effective and provides durable results five years after surgery, according to a large, prospective study by Hospital for Special Surgery investigators. The ...