Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The management of large and massive rotator cuff tears presents considerable challenges for shoulder surgeons.

This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines, when they ...

Physical therapy and medications are often the first treatment for shoulder injuries. However, shoulder surgery is also an option to repair joints, rotator cuffs, or dislocations, to name a few. The ...

Shoulder bursal tissue is often removed during rotator cuff repair, but that might not be such a good idea, researchers said. Studies with human bursa samples and in rats with tendon injuries showed ...

After age 40, we may all have busted-looking shoulders. But that doesn’t mean anything is wrong. In a study of hundreds of people, MRI images showed that nearly every person scanned had frayed, torn ...

A rotator cuff tear is a partial or complete severing of the rotator cuff tendons in the shoulder, usually due to injury. A strain is different, as it involves an overstretch of the tendons. The ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Cold therapy after arthroscopic rotator cuff repair led to a reduction in narcotic use and pain. Additional ...