It is often difficult to tell where concepts actually begin. It is certainly not obvious who first used the term rotator or musculotendinous cuff. Credit for first describing ruptures of this structure is often given to J. G. Smith, who in 1834 described the occurrence of tendon ruptures after shoulder injury in the London Medical Gazette. (Smith, 1834) In 1924 Meyer published his attrition theory of cuff ruptures. (Meyer, 1924) In his 1934 classic monograph, Codman summarized his 25 years of …showed first 75 words of 2063 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2063 total…rrison, 1988) reported a series of arthroscopic acromioplasties in which the quality of the result was closely correlated with the conversion of a curved or hooked acromion to a flat undersurface. Even though the indications for its performance are still being defined, arthroscopic acromioplasty is currently one of the commonest of all orthopedic procedures, being applied to shoulder pain, bursal hypertrophy, partial thickness cuff tears, calcific tendinitis, as well as reparable and irreparable rotator cuff tears.