Shoulder surgeons should rethink a common practice, study suggests

Shoulder surgeons should rethink a common practice, study suggests

A common practice of shoulder surgeons may be impairing the success of rotator cuff surgery, a new study from orthopedic scientists and biomedical engineers at Columbia University suggests. During the surgery, surgeons often remove a tissue called the bursa while repairing torn tendons in the shoulder joint, but the study suggests that the small tissue … Read more