Sling Use After Cuff Repair
We cannot recommend for or against the preferential use of an abduction pillow versus a standard sling after rotator cuff repair.

Rationale
After a systematic search, no clinical data was found supporting or refuting a negative or positive effect of a sling, shoulder immobilizer, abduction pillow, and/or abduction brace after repair of a full thickness rotator cuff tear on tendon healing or outcomes after rotator cuff repair. Therefore, the work group could not recommend for or against their use in the post-operative period.