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Patient Expectation in the Treatment of Rotator Cuff Tears: What Is Its Role?

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Patient expectation of outcome after orthopaedic surgery has been little studied. Some studies have assessed the effect on shoulder surgery, even fewer after management of rotator cuff tears, but there is nothing specific for the effect of patient expectation on the outcome of the treatment of large to massive rotator cuff tears. However, all studies conclude that the better informed the patient, the better the expectation of outcome and the better the result of the treatment. The practitioner should develop a consistent and reliable method of informing patients of what is going to be involved in the management of the patients care and give a realistic expectation of outcome. This will be time spent wisely; the evidence is that it will improve not only the patient’s expectation but also the overall result.

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  1. Spire Hospital, Leeds, UK

    Roger Hackney

  2. Nuffield Hospital, Leeds, UK

    Emma Pollard

  3. The General Infirmary, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK

    Paul Cowling

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  1. Hospital das Forças Armadas and Hospital da Luz, Porto, Portugal

    Nuno Sampaio Gomes

  2. Department of Traumatology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia

    Ladislav Kovačič

  3. ATOS Klinik München, Deutsches Schulterzentrum, München, Bayern, Germany

    Frank Martetschläger

  4. Department of Orthopaedics, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy

    Giuseppe Milano

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Hackney, R., Pollard, E., Cowling, P. (2020). Patient Expectation in the Treatment of Rotator Cuff Tears: What Is Its Role?. In: Sampaio Gomes, N., Kovačič, L., Martetschläger, F., Milano, G. (eds) Massive and Irreparable Rotator Cuff Tears. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-61162-3_18

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