Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Surgeons have performed acromioplasty to reduce pain and prevent rotator cuff disease progression since the ...

LAS VEGAS -- Medicare patients who underwent acromioplasty in conjunction with rotator cuff reconstruction were more likely, not less, to need reoperation within 5 years, researchers found. In what is ...

Acromioplasty involves removing a small piece of bone and soft tissue from the acromion. It is a surgical procedure that treats shoulder impingement and rotator cuff disease. In this article, we look ...

In our study, postoperative scores in pain, function, and strength of forward flexion, as well as total scores, were significantly lower in group 2 (workers' compensation) than in group 1 (non-workers ...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (July 16, 2022, 9:05 a.m.) — Long-term follow-up of patients with shoulder pain who received rotator cuff repair with or without acromioplasty found little difference between ...

Subacromial decompression is part of most full thickness rotator cuff tears and has been for many years. For this month’s 4 Questions interview, I have asked Peter B. MacDonald, MD, FRCSC, to share ...

Introduction Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) contains a high concentration of autologous platelets and is used as a therapy to aid tendon healing in tendinopathy. No evidence exists of any correlation ...