title: Repair of symptomatic rotator cuff tears after failed nonoperative treatment is cost-effective: commentary on an article by Richard C. Mather III, MD, et al.: "The societal and economic value of rotator cuff repair".
authors.affiliation: Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire.
authors.forename: John-Erik
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Bell
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D017006:Rotator Cuff / Q000601:surgery*; D000070636:Rotator Cuff Injuries; D013708:Tendon Injuries / Q000628:therapy*