Comparative Evaluation of Manual and Automated Irrigation Systems in the Arthroscopic Repair of Rotator Cuff Tears

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Rotator cuff tears (RCT) are common pathologies which affect middle-aged and elderly population with a prevalence ranging between 4% to 54% (1). Symptomatic RCTs can be managed with conservative and surgical treatment modalities (2). There is still controversy on the indications of surgical treatment of RCTs. Still, parameters such as duration and severity of symptoms, shape, and size of the tear, muscle atrophy, and fatty infiltration may influence the selection of the mode of treatment (2, 3). Despite the shortage of evidence-based agreement for indications, surgery has been performed as the mainstay of treatment and the technique has insidiously shifted from the open approach to the mini-open and subsequently to arthroscopic techniques (4, 5).