| Surgery is the last resort for a patient suffering from | | | | A television monitor linked to the camera cable gives |
| rotator cuff management. Rotator cuff surgery is a | | | | pictures of the rotator and the affected areas. The |
| major surgery that requires a six month period for | | | | surgeon performs arthroscopic rotator cuff surgery |
| rehabilitation. The older method of surgery named as | | | | with greater ease by looking at the television monitor |
| open rotator cuff repair involved considerable pain and | | | | and manipulating the cables. The surgeon may also |
| left many scars after the surgery. | | | | make 3-4 incisions of one centimeter each to get |
| To reduce surgery related morbidity a newer method | | | | access to a wider rotator cuff area. |
| known as arthroscopic rotator cuff method was | | | | Arthroscopic cuff method is preferred by surgeons as |
| introduced. This method is popular now. This surgery is | | | | it leaves lesser scars on the body of the patient. It also |
| relatively better than the open method of rotator cuff | | | | causes less pain and leaves the nearby tissues |
| repair and has shorter rehabilitation time. | | | | unaffected. In the open rotator cuff method the nearby |
| The major reason for pain with the older method of | | | | tissues and muscles got affected though the surgery |
| surgery was the large incision made on the rotator | | | | yielded good results. |
| muscles to reach the cuff tendon. Arthroscopic rotator | | | | This danger is absent in arthroscopic rotator cuff |
| cuff method requires small incision in the shoulder. The | | | | method. After the surgery a physiotherapist assists the |
| incision is usually 3-4 centimeters. Through this incision | | | | patient in gaining back shoulder movement and |
| thin cables carrying a tiny camera and surgical | | | | strength. The patient has to do the cuff strengthening |
| instruments are inserted. | | | | exercises under the physiotherapist for months. |