Let's Avoid Surgery!

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Written By Elizabeth Rudd

A high quality study compared the short and long term outcomes of surgical and conservative management of rotator cuff tears to attempt a treatment recommendation to patients.

Results showed no difference in function scores between surgical or conservative groups at 1 or 2 years after intervention. The surgical group had statistically lower pain scores at 1 year after intervention but unlikely to be clinically significant.

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Longo UG, Risi Ambrogioni L, Candela V, Berton A, Carnevale A, Schena E, Denaro V. Conservative versus surgical management for patients with rotator cuff tears: a systematic review and META-analysis. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2021 Jan 8;22(1):50.

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