For patients undergoing arthroscopic surgery to repair a torn rotator cuff, previous steroid injections into the shoulder don't increase the risk of surgical-site infection—unless the injection is ...

Retear and failure to heal are significant post-operative complications in rotator cuff repair surgery despite the use of commercially available rotator cuff repair grafts. Advances in tissue ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . According to recently published results, there was no association between a single shoulder corticosteroid ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . CHICAGO — Patients with stiff shoulders after rotator cuff repair were more likely to be satisfied with their ...

A tear in your rotator-cuff tendon often requires surgery and six months of physical therapy to heal. LSOphoto Getty Images Q. I am a 45-year-old competitive racquetball player who has had six months ...

Rotator cuff tears are the leading cause of shoulder disability in adults and result in $12 billion in medical bills annually. The University of Pittsburgh and ēlizur, a supplier of orthopedic ...

Most people, when they think about pythons, visualize the huge snake constricting and swallowing victims whole. But did you know that pythons initially hold onto their prey with their sharp, ...

A rotator cuff tear can worsen over time. If treatment is delayed, a partial tear can progress to a full-thickness tear, and ...

Biomedical journal advancing the field with cutting-edge review articles focused on the repair or regeneration of tissues and organs The medical literature suggests that following rotator cuff surgery ...