Medically reviewed by Jennifer Steinhoff, MD A rotator cuff tear is marked by damage to one (or more) of the four tendons ...

Design: Plasma samples were obtained at 15 months from surgery from two groups of patients who underwent arthroscopic repair of a rotator cuff tear. In group 1, 30 subjects (14 men, 16 women; mean age ...

A 55-year-old woman presents with 6 months of worsening right lateral shoulder ... later surgery. Structural deficits of the rotator cuff are still observed at follow-up visits after rotator ...