Rela Hospital successfully restored shoulder function and relieved pain in a 97-year-old male with a massive and irreparable rotator cuff tear by performing a keyhole (arthroscopic) procedure to implant a fully biodegradable balloon spacer. A rotator cuff is a group of four muscles and their tendons that surround the shoulder joint, much like a cuff around the wrist. The senior citizen had sustained a tear in the rotator cuff of his left shoulder following the fall and continued to experience persistent pain for nearly a month. In his comments, Dr. Ashok S. Gavaskar, Clinical Lead, Orthopaedics and Head of Joint Replacement Services, Rela Hospital, said, “In this patient, the rotator cuff tear was massive. In his comments, Prof. Mohammed Rela, Chairman, Rela Hospital, said, “Performing this procedure while the patient remained fully awake at the age of 97 is a notable achievement.