Shane Woolf, M.D., an orthopaedic sports medicine and shoulder reconstruction surgeon at MUSC, discusses a new twist on a procedure to treat rotator cuff disease with partial-thickness tearing and degenerative tendinopathy. By grafting highly purified bovine Achilles tendon tissue to the native rotator cuff tissue using a new delivery and fixation system, physicians can create a scaffold for healing and ultimately thicken and strengthen the diseased rotator cuff.
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Shane Woolf, M.D., earned his undergraduate degree at Princeton University and then his medical degree from the Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine in 1998. He completed residency in orthopaedic surgery at the Medical University ...
