The Role of Arthroscopic Decompression in Subacromial Impingement Syndrome

Abstract

Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical results of patients who had arthroscopic subacromial decompression for the diagnosis of subacromial impingement syndrome which is characterized by compression of the coracoacromial arc on rotator cuff tendons. Patients and Methods: We have evaluated the Constant scores, rest VAS and motion VAS scores of 25 patients who had arthroscopic subacromial decompression after six months of failed conservative treatment, at the preoperative day, 15th day and 6th month after the operation. Results: There was a statistically significant difference between pre-operative and 15th day / 6th month scores with Mann Whitney U test (p <0.0001). We found that the patients’ pain decreased and shoulder functions improved statistically. Conclusion: We believe that the choice of treatment for early stages of subacromial impingement syndrome is conservative, but if complaints persist even six months after conservative treatment, then arthroscopic subacromial decompression is a good choice of treatment.

Keywords

• shoulder
• rotator cuff
• subacromial impingement syndrome
• arthroscopic decompression
• omuz
• rotator manşet
• subakromial sıkışma sendromu
• artroskopik dekompresyon