TY - JOUR
T1 - Editorial Commentary
T2 - Can We Do Better While Spending Less: How Many Shoulder Rotator Cuff Anchors Are Enough?
AU - Flatow, Evan L.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 Arthroscopy Association of North America
PY - 2018/5
Y1 - 2018/5
N2 - We have published that shoulder rotator cuff tear is a highly cost-effective procedure, and to continue to improve value, a goal is to contain cost while maintaining or improving outcome. To bend the cost curve, reduction in direct costs (number of suture anchors used) could be a goal, and because rotator cuff repair failures are as much biologic as they are mechanical, the effect of adding anchors to improve outcomes has an obvious limit.
AB - We have published that shoulder rotator cuff tear is a highly cost-effective procedure, and to continue to improve value, a goal is to contain cost while maintaining or improving outcome. To bend the cost curve, reduction in direct costs (number of suture anchors used) could be a goal, and because rotator cuff repair failures are as much biologic as they are mechanical, the effect of adding anchors to improve outcomes has an obvious limit.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.arthro.2018.01.003
DO - 10.1016/j.arthro.2018.01.003
M3 - Editorial
C2 - 29729751
AN - SCOPUS:85046444896
SN - 0749-8063
VL - 34
SP - 1401
EP - 1402
JO - Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery
JF - Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery
IS - 5
ER -