Generally speaking operative treatment is reserved for when non-operative measures have failed. 1 There are a variety of operative strategies available including subacromial decompression, rotator ...

The role of subacromial decompression in patients undergoing arthroscopic repair of full-thickness tears of the rotator cuff: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

[1] In this study, a variation of the subacromial technique for arthroscopic resection of the distal clavicle was used in 57 patients with a clinical presentation of rotator cuff/impingement.