When the muscles and tendons in a shoulder are overused, abused, or injured in any way, a patient has many options for healing the damage to the shoulder joint. Rotator cuff surgery is generally a last resort for those who have tried everything else.
Depending on the amount of damage to the joint, the surgeon may elect to perform the rotator cuff surgery arthroscopically. Arthroscopic surgery is a minimally invasive surgery which requires the surgeon to make several small incisions, though which he/she can insert a camera and special small tools used in making the necessary repairs.
The repairs made during arthroscopic rotator cuff surgery tend to be only minor ones, with most surgeons opting for conventional surgery to repair major tendon or muscle damage. This is because tears in the muscles or tendons can require sutures or anchors to be inserted to reattach them and a larger incision allows the surgeon more room to successfully make the needed repairs.
The recovery time for arthroscopic rotator cuff surgery is much less than that of conventional surgery on the shoulder. The small incisions heal much faster than the large one and allow the patient to progress much faster in their physical therapy.
Very rarely, patients complain that the surgery was not successful in relieving their pain, that they continue to have weakness in that arm, or that they have episodes of Frozen Shoulder.
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