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Director of Hip Arthroscopy, NYUBoard-Certified Orthopaedic Surgeon
- Board-Certified Orthopaedic Surgeon with interests in treating athletic injuries
- Specializes in Arthroscopic and Reconstructive Surgery of the shoulder, hip and knee.
- Special interests include joint preservation surgery for the active patient
- Performs cutting edge procedures such as arthroscopic hip labral reconstruction, open femoral and tibial osteotomies for joint preservation, arthroscopic-assisted core decompression for AVN, shoulder reconstruction for instability, and same day total knee and total shoulder replacements.
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Stiff shoulders less likely to re-tear after rotator cuff repair vs non-stiff shoulders

Posted on: 08 June, 2017

Patients who had preoperative shoulder stiffness and those who developed stiffness at 6 weeks and 12 weeks postoperatively after rotator cuff repair were less likely to experience a re-tear compared with patients who had no stiffness, according to results presented here.