By Professor George Anthony Calvert Murrell

Journal articles

Hawa A; Bilbrough J; Hayek C; Shenouda M; Murrell GAC, 2025, 'Reply to Sun et al.: Methodological clarifications regarding “Ultratape and sutures combination versus conventional sutures in arthroscopic rotator cuff repair: a 6-month retrospective matched cohort study”', Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research, 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13018-025-06198-w

Hawa A; Bilbrough J; Hayek C; Shenouda M; Murrell GAC, 2025, 'UltraTape and sutures combination versus conventional sutures in arthroscopic rotator cuff repair: a 6-month retrospective matched cohort study', Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research, 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13018-025-05860-7

Chen V; Beretov J; Murrell GAC, 2025, 'Postoperative stiffness and rotator cuff tendon healing: a narrative review', Jses Reviews Reports and Techniques, 5, pp. 910 - 915, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.xrrt.2025.07.012

Zhang C; Latif J; Lam P; Murrell GAC, 2025, 'Shoulder pain and dysesthesia of the hand: a prospective evaluation of 1201 consecutive patients presenting for shoulder surgery', Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, 34, pp. e1107 - e1118, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jse.2025.02.033

Hayek C; Lam PH; Hawa AFM; Bilbrough JP; Murrell GAC, 2025, 'The Effect of Trauma History and Symptom Duration on Repair Integrity in 2335 Consecutive Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repairs', Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/23259671251355125

Bilbrough J; Hawa A; Shenouda M; Hayek C; Murrell GAC, 2025, 'Interposition Patches for Massive Rotator Cuff Tears: Helpful or Not? A Prospective Study of 164 Interposition Polytetrafluoroethylene Patches', Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/23259671251333801

Hawa A; Tham A; Bilbrough J; Hayek C; Shenouda M; Murrell GAC, 2025, 'Is it enough to utilize a single anchor for repair of rotator cuff tears ≤ 3 * 3 cm2?', Plos One, 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0320915

Zhong K; Ting RS; Rosenthal R; Lam P; Calvert Murrell GA, 2025, 'Determinants of Patient-Rated Benefit 6 Months Post Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair: An Analysis of 2010 Patients', Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 33, pp. e161 - e171, http://dx.doi.org/10.5435/JAAOS-D-24-00646

Maloof AG; Hackett L; Bilbrough J; Hayek C; Murrell GAC, 2025, 'Evaluating Elastographic Tendon Stiffness as a Predictor of Return to Work and Sports After Primary Rotator Cuff Repair', Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/23259671241306761

Zhang C; Murrell GAC, 2025, 'Prevalence of hand paresthesia and numbness in painful shoulders: a narrative review', Annals of Joint, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.21037/aoj-24-33

Hawa A; Hayek C; Shenouda M; Murrell G, 2025, 'Interposition Patches for Massive and Irreparable Rotator Cuff Tears: Helpful or Not? A Prospective Study of 164 Consecutive Interposition Polytetrafluoroethylene Patch Repairs', Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2325967125s00016

Murrell GAC, 2024, 'Editorial Commentary: Shoulder Stiffness Enhances Repair Integrity After Rotator Cuff Repair', Arthroscopy Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery, 40, pp. 2195 - 2196, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.arthro.2024.02.038

Ting RS; Loh YC; Rosenthal R; Zhong K; Al-Housni HSA; Shenouda M; Hackett L; Lam PH; Murrell GAC, 2024, 'Searching for Ways to Enhance Tendon Healing in Revision Rotator Cuff Surgery: Response', Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/23259671241260421

Worsfold SI; Carter K; Akbar M; Hackett L; Millar NL; Murrell GAC, 2024, 'Rotator Cuff Tendinopathy: Pathways of Apoptosis', Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy Review, 32, pp. 12 - 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/JSA.0000000000000387

Solari HE; Hackett LM; Lam P; Murrell GAC, 2024, 'The Fate of the Shoulder Post Rotator Cuff Repair: Biomechanical Properties of the Supraspinatus Tendon and Surrounding Structures', Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy Review, 32, pp. 51 - 57, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/JSA.0000000000000386

Hackett L; Murrell G; Lam P; Playford S; Maloof A, 2024, 'A Systematic Temporal Analysis of the Morphology of Tendon Healing at the Tendon-Bone Interface Post Rotator Cuff Repair as assessed by shearwave elastography ultrasound.', Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 27, pp. S92 - S93, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsams.2024.08.119

Maloof A; Hackett L; Bilbrough J; Hayek C; Murrell G, 2024, 'Does elastographic tendon stiffness predict return to work and sport after primary rotator cuff repair?', Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 27, pp. S92 - S92, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsams.2024.08.118

Bilbrough J; Hawa A; Shenouda M; Hayek C; Murrell G, 2024, 'Interposition Patches for Massive and Irreparable Rotator Cuff Tears: Helpful or Not? A Prospective Study of 164 Consecutive Interposition Polytetrafluoroethylene Patch Repairs', Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 27, pp. S94 - S94, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsams.2024.08.121

Hayek C; Lam P; Hawa A; Bilbrough J; Murrell G, 2024, 'Traumatic vs Atraumatic, Acute vs Chronic: The Effect of Trauma History and Symptom Duration on Repair Integrity in 2,335 Consecutive Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repairs', Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 27, pp. S91 - S91, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsams.2024.08.115

Guo AA; Ting RS; Lam PH; Murrell GAC, 2023, 'An assessment of factors associated with early postoperative stiffness in arthroscopic rotator cuff repair', ANZ Journal of Surgery, 93, pp. 2958 - 2963, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ans.18760

Hackett L; Ting RS; Lam PH; Murrell GAC, 2023, 'A Systematic Temporal Assessment of Changes in Tendon Stiffness Following Rotator Cuff Repair', Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine, 42, pp. 1799 - 1808, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jum.16201

Seth I; Hackett LM; Bulloch G; Sathe A; Alphonse S; Murrell GAC, 2023, 'The application of shear wave elastography with ultrasound for rotator cuff tears: a systematic review', Jses Reviews Reports and Techniques, 3, pp. 336 - 342, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.xrrt.2023.02.008

Zhang JA; Lam P; Beretov J; Murrell GAC, 2023, 'Acromion and Distal Clavicle Grafts for Arthroscopic Glenoid Reconstruction', Journal of Clinical Medicine, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm12124035

Playford SE; Hackett LM; Lam PH; Murrell GAC, 2023, 'An evaluation of shear wave elastographic characteristics of the supraspinatus tendon after rotator cuff repair', Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, 32, pp. e319 - e327, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jse.2022.11.022

Ting RS; Loh YC; Rosenthal R; Zhong K; Al-Housni HSA; Shenouda M; Hackett L; Lam PH; Murrell GAC; Hackett L, 2023, 'Revision Rotator Cuff Repair With Versus Without an Arthroscopically Inserted Onlay Bioinductive Implant in Workers’ Compensation Patients', Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine, 11, pp. 23259671231175883, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/23259671231175883

Rizvi SMT; Lenane B; Lam P; Murrell GAC, 2023, 'Shoulder Arthroplasty as a Day Case: Is It Better? †', Journal of Clinical Medicine, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm12123886

Maloof AG; Hackett L; Lam PH; Murrell GAC, 2023, 'Man vs. machine: surgeon vs. elastography assessment of the quality of the rotator cuff', Jses International, 7, pp. 450 - 463, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jseint.2023.02.005

Rizvi SMT; Qiu D; Lam P; Hackett L; Walton J; Murrell GAC, 2023, 'Ultrasound Guided Arthroscopic Removal of Calcific Tendonitis: A Minimum of 2-Year Followup', Journal of Clinical Medicine, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm12093114

Williams TG; Hackett LM; Lam PH; Stitz DJ; Al-Housni H; Murrell DF; Murrell GAC, 2023, 'Fibrillar matrix, Echogenicity, Contour, Thickness, and Suture (FECTS) vs. Global: A comparison of 2 scales developed to assess ultrasound images post rotator cuff repair', Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, 32, pp. 713 - 728, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jse.2022.10.035

Ting RS; Rosenthal R; Law TK; Al-Housni HSA; Hackett L; Lam PH; Murrell GAC, 2023, 'Reliability of a Novel Preoperative Protocol for Determining Graft Sizes for Superior Capsular Reconstruction Using Plain Film Radiography', Journal of Clinical Medicine, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm12072707

Ting RS; Deng A; Rosenthal R; Al-Housni HSA; Zhong K; Lam PH; Murrell GAC, 2023, 'Biomechanical and morphological comparison of two interposition graft rotator cuff repair techniques', ANZ Journal of Surgery, 93, pp. 649 - 655, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ans.18255

Stitz DJ; Guo AA; Lam PH; Murrell GAC, 2023, 'Determinants of Operative Time in Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair', Journal of Clinical Medicine, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm12051886

Ting RS; Rosenthal R; Shin Y; Shenouda M; Al-Housni HSA; Lam PH; Murrell GAC, 2023, 'Predictors of Return to Work Following Primary Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair: An Analysis of 1502 Cases', American Journal of Sports Medicine, 51, pp. 893 - 900, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/03635465231152479

Sandhu H; Hackett L; Tumpalan JF; Lam PH; Murrell GAC, 2023, 'Synthetic polytetrafluoroethylene patches for irreparable rotator cuff tears—how are they doing at 5 years?', Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, 32, pp. e106 - e116, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jse.2022.08.016

Wasker SVZ; Challoumas D; Weng W; Murrell GAC; Millar NL, 2023, 'Is neurogenic inflammation involved in tendinopathy? A systematic review', BMJ Open Sport and Exercise Medicine, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjsem-2022-001494

Ting RS; Guo AA; Rosenthal R; Al-Housni HSA; Lam PH; Murrell GAC, 2023, 'Biomechanical Comparison of Synthetic Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) vs Human Dermal Allograft (HDA), 2 vs 3 Glenoid Anchors, and Suture vs Minitape in Superior Capsule Reconstruction', Hss Journal, 19, pp. 44 - 52, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/15563316221114135

Murphy GT; Beretov J; Marvi S; Lam PH; Murrell GAC, 2023, 'Superior and Anterior Glenoid Labral Tears Are Associated With Increased Neurofilament Concentration', American Journal of Sports Medicine, 51, pp. 343 - 350, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/03635465221142611

Guo AA; Hackett L; Murrell GAC, 2023, 'Stiffness and arthroscopic rotator cuff repair: a literature review', Annals of Joint, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.21037/aoj-22-26

Ting RS; Rosenthal R; Al-Housni HSA; Lam PH; Murrell GAC, 2023, 'Factors influencing clinical outcomes in superior capsular reconstruction: A scoping review', Journal of Clinical Orthopaedics and Trauma, 36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcot.2022.102081

Ting RS; Rosenthal R; Shin Y; Shenouda M; Al-Housni HS; Lam PH; Murrell GA, 2023, 'PREDICTORS OF RETURN TO WORK FOLLOWING ARTHROSCOPIC ROTATOR CUFF REPAIR: AN ANALYSIS OF 1,502 CASES', Orthopaedic Proceedings, 105-B, pp. 65 - 65, http://dx.doi.org/10.1302/1358-992x.2023.3.065

Solari H; Hackett L; Lam P; Murrell G, 2023, 'The fate of the shoulder post-rotator cuff repair: biomechanical properties of the supraspinatus tendon and surrounding structures', Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 26, pp. S142 - S142, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsams.2023.08.023

Millar NL; Meakins A; Struyf F; Willmore E; Campbell AL; Kirwan PD; Akbar M; Moore L; Ronquillo JC; Murrell GAC; Rodeo SA, 2022, 'Frozen shoulder', Nature Reviews Disease Primers, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41572-022-00386-2

Al Housni HSA; Lam PH; Latif JW; Murrell GAC, 2022, 'Sports Participation After Reverse Total Shoulder Replacement', Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/23259671221136304

Murphy GT; Lam PH; Murrell GAC, 2022, 'Is timing of superior labrum anterior to posterior (SLAP) repair important? A cohort study evaluating the effect of the duration of symptoms prior to surgery on the outcomes of patients who underwent type II SLAP repair', Shoulder and Elbow, 14, pp. 515 - 522, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/17585732211015825

Guo AA; Stitz DJ; Lam P; Murrell GAC, 2022, 'Tear Size and Stiffness Are Important Predictors of Retear: An Assessment of Factors Associated with Repair Integrity at 6 Months in 1,526 Rotator Cuff Repairs', Jbjs Open Access, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.2106/JBJS.OA.22.00006

McNamara WJ; Lam PH; Murrell GAC, 2022, 'Augmentation of rotator cuff repair with gelatin–resorcin–formalin glue: a biomechanical study', Shoulder and Elbow, 14, pp. 71 - 75, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1758573220951167

Latif JW; Aveledo R; Lam PH; Murrell GAC, 2022, 'Pain, paresthesia, and the rotator cuff: the prevalence and magnitude of shoulder pain and hand numbness and tingling before and after rotator cuff repair', Jses International, 6, pp. 615 - 622, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jseint.2022.04.010

Bateman M; Evans JP; Vuvan V; Jones V; Watts AC; Phadnis J; Bisset LM; Vicenzino B; Andia I; Arrigoni P; Aydin C; Barratt P; Chidambaram R; Cleland J; Coombes B; Farkash U; Gosens T; Heales L; Kroslak M; Littlewood C; MacDermid J; Murrell G; Olaussen M; Orchard J; Pienimaki T; Rangan A; Solheim E; Stasinopoulos D; Thomas J; Tyler T; Van Der Windt D; Van Riet R; Wang A; Waugh E; Wolf JM; Wright T; Zeisig E; Zheng MH; Mistry P; Newsome R; Ford M; Jackson K; Le P; Song JY, 2022, 'Development of a core outcome set for lateral elbow tendinopathy (COS-LET) using best available evidence and an international consensus process', British Journal of Sports Medicine, 56, pp. 657 - 666, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2021-105044

Latif J; Aveledo R; Lam PH; Murrell GAC, 2022, 'Postoperative Pain and Paresthesia in Labral Repairs of the Shoulder: Location Does Matter', Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/23259671221105080

Zhang JA; Lam PH; Beretov J; Murrell GAC, 2022, 'A review of bone grafting techniques for glenoid reconstruction', Shoulder and Elbow, 14, pp. 123 - 134, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/17585732211008474

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