Yes, in severe cases. If therapeutic exercises, medications, and injections fail to resolve the problem, then Dr. Romeo will perform a surgical procedure to widen the space above and around the rotator cuff, as well as debride the inflamed tissues and bursa. In most cases, this procedure is combined with another surgery to treat the area near the symptoms that is also responsible for the pain, such as repairing the rotator cuff or treating a damaged bicep tendon.