Right Rotator Cuff Repair Consent Form

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arthroscopic surgery is a surgical technique that allows your surgeon to look and work inside your shoulder through very small incisions some of the benefits of arthroscopy of the shoulder include a shorter recovery time and less pain after the surgery compared to surgical techniques that use a large incision on the shoulder a long thin fiber optic camera called an arthroscope will send high definition video images to a screen in the operating room your surgeon will use these images to perform the surgery the rotator cuff is made from four tendons that cover the ball of the shoulder joint they are attached to the muscle on one end and the bone on the other end when the muscles contract the rotator cuff pulls your shoulder in all the directions that you want to move it if one of the tendons is torn the other tendons will have to work harder to do the same movement if the tear is large patients may not be able to rotate the arm at all your surgeon will have to put sutures through the ten