Diagnosis and treatment of massive rotator cuff tears: current situation and prospects / 中华创伤骨科杂志

ABSTRACT

Along with deepened understanding of rotator cuff injury in clinic as well as rapid progress in diagnostic techniques and arthroscopic surgery,increasingly more cases of rotator cuff injury have been reported,making diagnosis and treatment of the injury a hot topic in sports medicine.Although surgical techniques for rotator cuff repair are constantly improved,nonunion and retear after repair are still very common.As there has been no consensus on diagnosis and treatment of massive rotator cuff,more discussion and study on the topic are necessary.