According to published results, female patients with estrogen deficiency and male patients with testosterone deficiency have “significantly” higher odds of rotator cuff repair compared with patients without a sex hormone deficiency.
Karch M. Smith, BA, of the department of orthopedic surgery at the University of Utah, and colleagues performed a retrospective analysis on 229,986 patients aged 18 to 64 years who underwent primary rotator cuff repair (RCR) for a rotator cuff tear from Jan. 1, 2008, to Dec. 31, 2017. The researchers also analyzed a control group of 229,986 patients who