According to published results, patients with a history of preoperative opioid use had inferior outcomes for pain and ...

Medically reviewed by Jennifer Steinhoff, MD A rotator cuff repair is a procedure in which torn tendons and/or muscles ...

The median number of participants was 45. The search found 50 shoulder arthroscopy intervention RCTs (rotator cuff tears 22, instability 14, impingement 9, and other conditions 5). Of these ...

Autologous dermal fibroblasts may decrease risk of rotator cuff retears after arthroscopic rotator cuff repair vs. repair alone. Both treatments showed similar and significant improvements in ...

3. Fukuda H. The management of partial-thickness tears of the rotator cuff. The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery British Volume 2003; 85: 3–11. 4. Lehman RC and Perry CR. Arthroscopic surgery for ...

"The traditional repair technique involved an open operation where the rotator cuff tendon is secured into a bone trench using sutures and with the move to performing repairs with arthroscopy ...

This can be achieved by magnetic resonance arthrography (MRA) and/or diagnostic arthroscopy. These are complementary, not alternative, techniques. MRA is useful to look for capsular detachments, bony ...

keele.ac.uk Objective: To determine the plasma levels of substance P (SP) in patients with postoperative stiffness after arthroscopic rotator cuff repair. Design: Plasma samples were obtained at 15 ...