[PDF] Top 20 Rotator cuff repair: challenges and solutions

... of repair strategies in clinical trials may prove evasive without new clinical and imaging outcomes that are sensitive to the spectrum of repair healing and ...healed repair sites compared to those ... See full document

... Irreparable rotator cuff tears are common conditions seen by shoulder surgeons, characterized by a torn and retracted tendon associated with muscle atrophy and impaired ...possible solutions, with ... See full document

... following rotator cuff ...several challenges unique to systematic reviews of prognosis: low quality of primary studies; poor reporting; and difficulties in combining results across different research ... See full document

... review challenges the belief that a period of enforced immobilisation and unloading is necessary to achieve a good outcome following surgical repair of the rotator ... See full document

... full-thickness rotator- cuff defects, a significant tendon discontinuity was identified in only ...the repair that were suspicious for a tendon defect (eg, area of thinness), which allowed dye to ... See full document

... The pre-operative parameters evaluated in this study in- cluded age, gender, smoking status, diabetes mellitus, tear size and fatty infiltration by the Goutallier classifica- tion method [9]. The tear size was initially ... See full document

... repairable rotator cuff tears and suprascapular neuropathy will be recruited and followed up at 6 and 12 ...arthroscopic repair of the rotator cuff without combined arthroscopic release ... See full document

... Using a technique similar to the established surgical model of supraspinatus tendon detachment in rats [19], a 2-cm vertical skin incision was made over the lateral aspect of the acromion. The deltoid muscle was ... See full document

... Arthroscopic rotator cuff repair (ARCR) using suture anchors has evolved from a single-row (SR) to a double-row (DR) method, the latter being able to repro- duce the foot print of the rotator ... See full document

... bone-tendon repair site where the end of the cut tendon had been attached to the decorticated greater tu- berosity; 2) the area of tendon immediately adjacent to the bone-tendon ... See full document

... prevalence in the range of 7-26% [2]. The rotator cuff (RC) is implicated as the cause in approximately 70% of patients [3,4]. Subsequent pain and functional difficulties can impact on daily activities, ... See full document

... of rotator cuff insufficiency including the supraspinatus and subscapularis tendons, a loss of the coracoacromial arch, and a rupture of deltoid anterior fibers [4, ...massive rotator cuff ... See full document

... Both smokers and non-smokers achieve the MCID in ASES, WORC and VAS pain scores at 2 years following arthroscopic rotator cuff repair. On initial presenta- tion, smokers had worse comorbidities, pain ... See full document

... Rotator cuff (RC) tears are a common shoulder injury and may need surgical ...the repair of rotator cuff accounts for about 75,000 operations in a year 19 ...surgical repair of ... See full document

... We compared the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) scores, Japa- nese Orthopaedic Association (JOA) scores, range of motion (ROM), and retear rate between the two groups. We also compared the UCLA and JOA scores ... See full document

... Rotator cuff tears (RCT) are common causes of shoulder pain and disability, especially in the elderly population with a high prevalence of osteopenia and ...tissue, repair of the existing tendon more ... See full document

... Methods: Participants enrolled were consecutive patients who received physical therapy for management of impingement syndrome or received treatment following rotator cuff repair, acromioplasty or ... See full document

... arthroscopic rotator cuff repair in 2015 – 2016. Data from 57 patients in whom symptoms in the shoulder joint had not changed within 10 – 14 days were analyzed in a WORC test-retest using the ... See full document

... As expected, the use of these upper extremity procedures varied across demographic groups. Shoulder arthroscopy was performed in 15–44 year olds at a higher rate as compared with rotator cuff repairs and ... See full document

... degenerative rotator cuff tears were most commonly initiated from a region 13–17 mm posterior to the biceps ...degenerative rotator cuff tears. From this point, rotator cuff ... See full document