Introduction

Tears of the rotator cuff were initially described in the early 1800s, with Dr Codman credited for performing the first successful repair in 1909. Since then, the assessment and management of rotator cuff tears has evolved significantly. Currently, rotator cuff tears are one of the most commonly diagnosed orthopaedic conditions with repair among the top 10 orthopaedic procedures performed worldwide. Surgical repair techniques in turn have evolved from traditional open and miniopen approaches with transosseous fixation to arthroscopic single- and double-row “transosseous-equivalent” suture anchor fixation to yet newer techniques of in situ arthroscopic partial articular supraspinatus tendon avulsion repair and knotless fixation.
Source: Operative Techniques in Orthopaedics - Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Source Type: research