TY - JOUR
T1 - The Evaluation and Treatment of Rotator Cuff Pathology
AU - Bishay, Viviane
AU - Gallo, Robert A.
PY - 2013/12/1
Y1 - 2013/12/1
N2 - Rotator cuff pathology accounts for most presentations of shoulder pain to primary care clinics. History and physical examination are important for excluding other causes of shoulder pain, while imaging assists in confirming the diagnosis and defining the severity of the abnormality. Treatment options include nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agents, subacromial corticosteroid injections, and exercise therapy. Surgical intervention is generally reserved for those failing nonoperative measures and/or healthy, young, and middle-aged adults with full-thickness rotator cuff tears. No surgical technique has proved to be superior. Despite surgery, about 20% of patients experience retears, more likely occurring in those with larger tears.
AB - Rotator cuff pathology accounts for most presentations of shoulder pain to primary care clinics. History and physical examination are important for excluding other causes of shoulder pain, while imaging assists in confirming the diagnosis and defining the severity of the abnormality. Treatment options include nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agents, subacromial corticosteroid injections, and exercise therapy. Surgical intervention is generally reserved for those failing nonoperative measures and/or healthy, young, and middle-aged adults with full-thickness rotator cuff tears. No surgical technique has proved to be superior. Despite surgery, about 20% of patients experience retears, more likely occurring in those with larger tears.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84887386251&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=84887386251&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.pop.2013.08.006
DO - 10.1016/j.pop.2013.08.006
M3 - Review article
C2 - 24209724
AN - SCOPUS:84887386251
SN - 0095-4543
VL - 40
SP - 889
EP - 910
JO - Primary Care - Clinics in Office Practice
JF - Primary Care - Clinics in Office Practice
IS - 4
ER -