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Rotation Medical Inc. has released the results of a study published online in the Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery that shows the companys Bioinductive Implant consistently heals rotator cuff tears and mitigates tear progression. The Rotation Medical Bioinductive Implant is part of the companys novel rotator cuff system for rotator cuff repair and a new alternative to traditional surgical repair.
Partial thickness rotator cuff tears do not heal spontaneously and have a high propensity to increase in size and/or develop into full-thickness lesions, said Theodore F. Schlegel, MD, lead investigator of the study and orthopedic surgeon at Steadman Hawkins Clinic Denver. This study shows that the Bioinductive Implant not only repairs the tear and increases tendon thickness, but it also prevents tear progression. In addition, because the native tendon footprint remains intact around the location of the defect, the Bioinductive Implant may accelerate rehabilitation and recovery as compared with more conservative postoperative management when partial thickness lesions are taken down and repaired as full thickness tears.
The study enrolled 33 patients with chronic, degenerative, intermediate- (n=12) to high-grade (n=21) partial-thickness tears (11 articular, 10 bursal, four...