Up to 50% of older Americans have rotator cuff tears visible on imaging, and the simple act of reaching up to close an SUV tailgate can turn a manageable shoulder into a scheduled surgery. The Jeep ...

Shoulder symptoms led to an average of 9.6 million physician visits in 2015 and 2016 in the United States. The most common cause of those shoulder symptoms? Rotator-cuff disorders. Tears of the ...

Four muscles and their tendons make up the rotator cuff; they smooth arm motion and stabilize the shoulder joint. The supraspinatus, infraspinatus, teres minor, and subscapularis aid the shoulder when ...

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 ...