The number of rotator cuff arthroscopic repairs is increased by 600 % in the next decade to 1996 [1]. Actually, the number of open repairs too is increased during the same period, but only by 34 %. According to a survey conducted in 2005 among orthopedists of the American Academy, 62 %, of the 167 interrogated colleagues, routinely arthroscopically repaired a small rotator cuff tear [2]. This finding is surprising when compared with 14.5 % that was the rate extrapolated 3 years earlier from a Dunn et al. [3] study.
Treatment of the reparable postero-superior lesions: Single and double- row repair / Gumina, S.; Candela, V.. - (2016), pp. 257-273. [10.1007/978-3-319-33355-7_32].
Treatment of the reparable postero-superior lesions: Single and double- row repair
Gumina S.;Candela V.
2016
Abstract
The number of rotator cuff arthroscopic repairs is increased by 600 % in the next decade to 1996 [1]. Actually, the number of open repairs too is increased during the same period, but only by 34 %. According to a survey conducted in 2005 among orthopedists of the American Academy, 62 %, of the 167 interrogated colleagues, routinely arthroscopically repaired a small rotator cuff tear [2]. This finding is surprising when compared with 14.5 % that was the rate extrapolated 3 years earlier from a Dunn et al. [3] study.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
