High cholesterol levels linked with rotator cuff surgery failure

Tuesday, March 14, 2017 - 15:31 in Health & Medicine

Patients with higher cholesterol levels face a significantly greater risk for failure of minimally invasive (arthroscopic) rotator cuff surgery, according to a new study. According to the study, commonly-used cholesterol lowering drugs, called statins, diminish this risk.

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