New repair technique aids shoulder injury recovery
A technique for repairing rotator cuff injuries developed by University of Adelaide academics has delivered game-changing ...
A rotator cuff tear can take up to six months to recover after surgery
Older patients who dislocate their shoulder may sustain a large tear of the rotator cuff tendon when they fall. This tendon ...
Torn Rotator Cuff? The Gripping Strength of a Python’s Teeth Could Help It Heal.
“When it comes to rotator cuff tendon tears, surgeons are trying to repair soft tissue back to bone, which is really stiff,” ...
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Novel biologic scaffold-anchor may not improve rotator cuff healing vs. standard anchor
Image: Adobe Stock According to the study, the primary outcome measure was repair ... added to rotator cuff repairs more frequently to improve biomechanical strength and promote tendon healing ...
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Rotator cuff tendinopathy: a model for the continuum of pathology and related management
This review proposes a model to describe the continuum of the rotator cuff pathology from asymptomatic tendon through full thickness rotator ... improve our understanding of the pathological and ...
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VIDEO: Develop a technique to treat rotator cuff tears with lower trapezius transfer
KOLOA, Hawaii — In this video from Orthopedics Today Hawaii, Michael L. Pearl, MD, spoke about the use of lower trapezius transfer for patients with irreparable rotator cuff tears and no active ...
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Chronic inflammation is a feature of Achilles tendinopathy and rupture
Background Recent investigation of human tissue and cells from positional tendons such as the rotator cuff has clarified the importance of inflammation in the development and progression of tendon ...