bone's head and can't heal itself without surgical help. The supraspinatus tendon is the most common to tear, but any of the four tendons may tear. If rotator cuff muscles and tendons are severely ...

Pearl, MD, spoke about the use of lower trapezius transfer for patients with irreparable rotator cuff tears and no active external rotation ... Pearl noted lower trapezius transfer can be performed ...

Rotator cuff tears can be classified based on their cause and ... treatments fail or in cases of significant tears.