The use of a patch to augment rotator cuff surgery - A survey of UK shoulder and elbow surgeons.

<h4>Background</h4>Rotator cuff tears are a common cause of shoulder pain and can result in prolonged periods of pain, disability and absence from work. Rotator cuff repair surgery is increasingly used in an attempt to resolve symptoms but has failure rates of around 40%. There is a pres...

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Main Authors: M J Baldwin, N S Nagra, N Merritt, J L Rees, A J Carr, A Rangan, M Thomas, D J Beard, C Cooper, L Kottam, J A Cook
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0230235