Each year, 2 million people in the United States suffer from rotator cuff injuries — but only 600,000 get surgical fixes. A new, python-inspired device might close that gap.
Rotator cuff surgeries have failure rates between 20 and 94 percent. With the likelihood of retearing, doctors sometimes decide not to operate. But a medical instrument modeled after python fangs could double surgical repair strengths and prevent retearing when used alongside standard sutures, researchers report in the June 28 Science Advances.
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