The Association of Osteoporosis and Bisphosphonate Use With Revision Shoulder Surgery After Rotator Cuff Repair

Purpose To examine any association between osteoporosis and the failure of arthroscopic rotator cuff repair (ARCR) leading to revision surgery and to investigate whether the use of bisphosphonates had any influence on the observed associations. Methods Patients who underwent ARCR with a diagnosis of osteoporosis were identified from the PearlDiver database and stratified according to whether there was a filled prescription for a bisphosphonate...