Revista Brasileira de Ortopedia (Feb 2015)

Result from arthroscopic surgical treatment of renewed tearing of the rotator cuff of the shoulder

  • Glaydson Gomes Godinho,
  • Flávio de Oliveira França,
  • José Márcio Alves Freitas,
  • Flávio Márcio Lago Santos,
  • Alexandre Prandini,
  • André Couto Godinho,
  • Rafael Patrocínio de Paula Costa

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rboe.2015.02.007
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 50, no. 1
pp. 89 – 93

Abstract

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OBJECTIVES: To evaluate function among patients with postoperative recurrence of rotator cuff injuries that was treated arthroscopically (case series) and compare this with function in patients without recurrence (control group); and to compare function among patients with recurrence of rotator cuff injuries that were greater than and smaller than 3 cm.METHODS: This was a retrospective evaluation of patients who underwent arthroscopic revision of rotator cuff injuries using the ASES, Constant & Murley and UCLA scores and a visual analog pain scale, in comparison with patients in a control group who underwent primary rotator cuff repair.RESULTS: The size of the rotator cuff injury recurrence had a statistically significant influence on the result from the arthroscopic surgical treatment. The functional scores showed worse results than those from the first procedure.CONCLUSION: Arthroscopic surgical treatment of renewed tearing of rotator cuff injuries showed worse functional scores than those from primary repair of the injury.

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