Abstract:Objectives:Numerous studies have identified risk factors which may decrease the chance of successful rotator cuff healing after surgery. Surgeons may also rely on intraoperative tendon quality to predict healing. There is no data that correlates how the gross tendon morphology and the degree of tendonopathy may impact patient outcome or post-operative tendon healing. The purposes of this study were to 1) compare the gross appearance of the supraspinatus tendon during arthroscopic rotator cuff repair with its h… Show more
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