According to published literature, rotator cuff tears are one of the most common musculoskeletal injuries, affecting 20% to 40% of the population, with the prevalence increasing with age.
Among patients who experience rotator cuff tears, about 20% to 40% are considered massive. Jay D. Keener, MD, told Healio massive rotator cuff tears can occur “as a gradual evolution of untreated cuff disease” or in patients “with prior cuff repair surgery where it either fails early or there has been a small retear unrecognized that gets larger as time passes.” In addition, the presentation of massive cuff

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