The authors conducted a multicenter, randomized, pragmatic, parallel group, placebo-controlled trial of 274 patients treated with arthroscopic subacromial decompression (n = 90), investigational arthroscopy only (n = 94), or no intervention (n = 90). At 6-month follow-up, they found no significant difference in mean Oxford Shoulder Score across cohorts. The authors note that both surgical groups displayed a small benefit over no treatment, but write that the differences were not clinically important. Two patients in each cohort experienced frozen shoulders. Learn more...
