Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair
Arthroscopic rotator cuff repair is a minimally invasive surgery performed through tiny incisions, about 1 cm each, with an arthroscope.
The arthroscope is a small fiber-optic viewing instrument made up of a tiny lens, light source and video camera. The surgical instruments used in arthroscopic surgery are very small (only 3 or 4 mm in diameter) but appear much larger when viewed through an arthroscope.
The television camera attached to the arthroscope displays the image of the joint on a television screen, allowing the surgeon to look throughout the shoulder-at cartilage, ligaments, and the rotator cuff. The surgeon can determine the amount or type of injury, and then repair or correct the problem.
Other Shoulder Procedure Topics:
- Shoulder Arthroscopy
- Open and Arthroscopic Shoulder Surgery
- Bicep Tendon Rupture at Shoulder
- Capsular Release
- Shoulder Stabilization
- Acromioclavicular Joint (AC) Joint Reconstruction
- Shoulder Labrum Reconstruction
- SC Joint Injury Reconstruction
- SLAP Repair
- Proximal Biceps Tenodesis
- Arthroscopic Bankart Repair
- Failed Shoulder Surgery
- Bony Instability Reconstruction of the Shoulder
- Intraarticular Shoulder Injection
- Arthroscopic Acromioplasty
- Latarjet Procedure
- Distal Clavicle Excision
- Pectoralis Major Tears/Repairs
- Mumford Distal Clavicle Excision
- ORIF of the Clavicle Fractures
- Subacromial Decompression
- Revision Rotator Cuff Repair
- Superior Capsule Reconstruction
