Codman responds to a contemporary critique by reaffirming his thesis that stiff, painful shoulders are caused primarily by partial supraspinatus tendon tears at the greater tuberosity insertion, with secondary subacromial bursitis — not capsular rupture as his opponent argues. Drawing on ~100 clinical cases and cadaveric dissections, he defends his anatomic model of the bursa and describes his evolving operative technique.
Codman responds to a contemporary critique by reaffirming his thesis that stiff, painful shoulders are caused primarily by partial supraspinatus tendon tears at the greater tuberosity insertion, with secondary subacromial bursitis — not capsular rupture as his opponent argues. Drawing on ~100 clinical cases and cadaveric dissections, he defends his anatomic model of the bursa and describes his evolving operative technique.