Ultrasound in the hands of an experienced musculoskeletal sonographer is highly accurate for diagnosing rotator cuff tears. General sonography has improved, but still some ways to go....
Turns out that a history of a traumatic injury is of little benefit with respect to the results of arthroscopic rotator cuff repair. The results are good whether the patient can remember a traumatic event or not. The only caveat is that if the patient...