This review lecture sets forth an approach to performing and interpreting shoulder ultrasound in patients with prior rotator cuff repair and presents a comprehensive review of normal expected findings, postsurgical complications and common artifacts encountered in clinical practice.
Learning Objectives:
Describe a basic system for classifying postoperative rotator cuff tears.
Recognize key ultrasound features to diagnose a recurrent rotator cuff tear.
Describe additional sources of postoperative shoulder pain and dysfunction that may mimic a recurrent rotator cuff tear.
