Shoulder Rotator Cuff Repair Doctors in Jordan

Rotator cuff repair is surgery that reattaches a torn shoulder tendon to its footprint on the humeral head using small anchors and sutures. Although patients commonly describe the problem as a torn shoulder muscle, the tear is almost always in the tendon rather than in the muscle belly, and the supraspinatus tendon is the one most often involved. The repair is usually performed arthroscopically through keyhole incisions, and sometimes through a small open incision depending on tear size and the surgical team's judgement. Repair is generally considered for a full-thickness tear after a clear injury, or for a chronic tear with night pain that prevents sleep and weakness on lifting the arm that has not improved after an adequate trial of guided physiotherapy. Most small partial tears are managed without surgery, using a supervised strengthening programme for the cuff and shoulder blade muscles, temporary modification of overhead activity, and treatment of any coexisting causes of pain. It is just as important to know what the operation cannot do. It stitches tendon back to bone; it does not rebuild a muscle that has wasted or turned fatty after years of tearing. In large chronic tears the tendon end may not reach its footprint at all, and your surgeon may discuss partial repair, tendon transfer or reverse shoulder replacement instead. The operation does not treat coexisting shoulder arthritis, and it never removes the need for prolonged rehabilitation: tendon-to-bone healing takes weeks, and regaining useful strength takes months. Results depend on the size and age of the tear, tissue quality, your age, smoking and diabetes, and above all on adherence to the rehabilitation plan. No web page or imaging report can tell you whether you need surgery. Candidacy is decided by clinical examination of shoulder strength and range of motion alongside the images, and for some patients the right decision is to delay surgery or avoid it altogether.