The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (American). 2007;89:127-136.
doi:10.2106/JBJS.G.00583
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Systematic Review of Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair and Mini-Open Rotator Cuff Repair

Shane J. Nho, MD, MS, Michael K. Shindle, MD, Seth L. Sherman, MD, Kevin B. Freedman, MD, MSCE, Stephan Lyman, PhD and John D. MacGillivray, MD

Corresponding author:
Shane J. Nho, MD, MS
The Hospital for Special Surgery, 535 East 70th Street, New York, NY 10021.
E-mail address: nhos@hss.edu

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   Introduction
 
Rotator cuff repair is one of the most common surgical procedures performed in the shoulder, and the benefit of repair is well known1-5. Over the past decade, the treatment of rotator cuff tears has evolved from an open procedure to an arthroscopic-assisted (mini-open) technique to an all-arthroscopic technique. Traditional open rotator cuff repairs produce satisfactory results when used for the treatment of nonmassive tears (<5 cm). However, this procedure has been associated with morbidity such as severe early postoperative pain, deltoid detachment and/or weakness, and arthrofibrosis6-8. Mini-open repairs were developed because they had the potential advantage of less deltoid morbidity, and they have demonstrated results that have been similar to those of open repairs (Figs. 1-A through 1-D)9-14. With recent advances in arthroscopic techniques, many surgeons are now performing complete arthroscopic repairs. The potential advantages of this procedure include less pain, more rapid rehabilitation, the . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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