Surgical repair has been challenging in this population, since frequently RC tears are associated with concomitant labral lesions such as SLAP (superior labral anterior-posterior) tears that may increase patients' symptoms. Miller and Savoie studied one hundred patients with full-thickness RC tears and determine that 74% had coexisting intra-articular abnormalities, and labral tears were the most common associated pathology. Gartsman et al reported that 60.5% of patients with full-thickness RC tears had coexisting intraarticular abnormalities, with 25 patients (12.5%) having major abnormalities that required surgery, changed postoperative rehabilitation or impacted the expected end result. Snyder et al. 8 reported that 40% of patients with SLAP lesions had associated full- or partial-thickness RC tears.