Key result
Arthroscopic side-to-side rotator cuff repair incorporating the greater tuberosity significantly improved MRI-confirmed healing by 28% compared to side-to-side repair alone.
Why the study?
Does incorporating repair of the greater tuberosity improve healing in patients undergoing arthroscopic side-to-side rotator cuff repair of large U-shaped tears?
Does incorporating repair of the greater tuberosity improve healing in patients undergoing arthroscopic side-to-side rotator cuff repair of large U-shaped tears?
Effect estimate: 28% improvement
Incorporating repair of the greater tuberosity in arthroscopic side-to-side rotator cuff repairs of large U-shaped tears significantly improves MRI-confirmed healing.
Arthroscopic side-to-side rotator cuff repair of large U-shaped tears should incorporate repair of the greater tuberosity. Recent research has found that pain at rest and with motion, range of motion, strength, and University of California-Los Angeles and Constant scores improved overall in patients with side-to-side repairs. Although the clinical results were quite good overall, rotator cuff healing was found to be significantly better, with 28% improvement confirmed by magnetic resonance imaging evidence of healing when the side-to-side repair was further repaired to the tuberosity.
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Daniel J. Solomon (2019) conducted an editorial in Large U-shaped rotator cuff tears. Arthroscopic side-to-side rotator cuff repair incorporating repair of the greater tuberosity vs. Side-to-side repair alone was evaluated on Rotator cuff healing confirmed by magnetic resonance imaging (28% improvement). Arthroscopic side-to-side rotator cuff repair incorporating the greater tuberosity significantly improved MRI-confirmed healing by 28% compared to side-to-side repair alone.
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