LAS VEGAS — Presented results found a significant association between patients with pseudoparalysis and failed index rotator cuff repair and subsequent reverse shoulder arthroplasty.
“In the case of a failed rotator cuff repair (RCR), it is not pleasant,” Michael L. Pearl, MD, said in his presentation at the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons Specialty Day during the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting. “[These patients] have extended periods of pain, arduous unsuccessful rehabilitation and the entire experience represents an extreme economic