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  • In the summer of 2009, Stockton, then 67 and still an active player on the Champions Tour, learned he needed rotator-cuff surgery.

    The Key to Putting: Not Thinking John Paul Newport 2011

  • Health Matters Advances in surgery mean less pain for patients with rotator-cuff tears.

    Stitching Up Shoulders 2011

  • Ask Your Doctor The academy, which recently updated its guidelines for rotator-cuff repair, doesn't recommend for or against a specific technique for surgery.

    Stitching Up Shoulders 2011

  • He was on the disabled list six times, unable to come back from three rotator-cuff surgeries.

    'There's nothing guaranteed in this game', only the money 2009

  • Photo: REUTERS/Brendan McDermid BioMimetic Therapeutics ran up 9.2% after the company said a clinical trial of its treatment for rotator-cuff tears achieved a key goal.

    Blue Chips Hit a Yearly High Christian Berthelsen 2012

  • One study presented at the orthopaedic surgeons conference found that one form of PRP was not effective when used to support tissue during rotator-cuff surgery.

    Spinning Blood Isn't Just for Athletes Melinda Beck 2010

  • Even the lean and tensile sound produced by guest second violinist Lina Bahn -- a member of the Corigliano Quartet who is temporarily replacing the Takacs's Károly Schranz, following his recent rotator-cuff surgery -- fit hand-in-glove with the kind of strongly individual work the others were doing.

    In performance: Takacs Quartet 2010

  • One study presented at the orthopaedic surgeons conference found that one form of PRP was not effective when used to support tissue during rotator-cuff surgery.

    Spinning Blood Isn't Just for Athletes Melinda Beck 2010

  • One study presented at the orthopaedic surgeons conference found that one form of PRP was not effective when used to support tissue during rotator-cuff surgery.

    Spinning Blood Isn't Just for Athletes Melinda Beck 2010

  • In fact, the current large now weighs in at 40 ounces and is capable of giving you a rotator-cuff injury when you lift it to put the straw into your mouth.

    Babette’s Feast II: This Time It’s Personal 2009

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