Experience of a Second Attempt at surgical Repair of a Failed Initial Rotator-Cuff Repair

Four patients with four involved shoulders underwent a second attempt at repair of an initial rotator-cuff repair that had failed. Factors associated with the failure of the initial repair included inadequate measure of the cuff repair, massive ossification in the subdeltoid subacromial space and possibly inadequate post-operative rehabilitation program. We concluded that a secoud attempt at repair of an initial rotator-cuff repar was so pessimistic that we have to try the least treatment at an initial repair.