Primary Cuff Repair Augmented With a Balloon Spacer in a Large and Massive Rotator Cuff Tear Series: A Technique and Short-term Outcome and Imaging Study.

Massive rotator cuff tears are a challenge for patients and surgeons. We explored the outcomes of patients with massive rotator cuff tears primarily treated with primary cuff repair augmented with a subacromial balloon spacer. The mean age of the patients was 64.