Modern surgical techniques for repair of the rotator cuff, offer many benefits for patients versus prior techniques. These benefits include; smaller incisions and tissue damage, faster rehabilitation, reduced pain and an increased rate of successful outcomes.
Rotator cuff surgery begins with Shoulder Arthroscopy to examine the shoulder and confirm the diagnosis of a torn rotator cuff . Because most rotator cuff tears are due to Impingement Syndrome , the shoulder arthroscopy will include surgery for impingement syndrome. After the shoulder arthroscopy has been completed, an incision is made to expose the torn rotator cuff.
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The torn rotator cuff is then identified and the repair begins. The head of the humerus is prepared to receive the re-insertion of the rotator cuff by placing holes in the humerus below the tear and by grinding a small groove in the bone of the humerus to stimulate blood supply where the rotator cuff will be inserted. Sutures are then placed into the tendons of the rotator cuff.
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