The clinical and radiologic outcome of microfracture on arthroscopic repair for full-thickness rotator cuff tear
Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery Sep 22, 2019
Pulatkan A, et al. - Through a retrospective comparative study of 123 individuals recruited for arthroscopic repair of full-thickness rotator cuff tears, researchers contrasted clinical and radiologic outcomes of arthroscopic single-row repair augmented with microfracture (SRM) at the greater tuberosity with single-row (SR) and double-row (DR) repair in full-thickness rotator cuff tears treatment. Forty patients treated by SR, 44 by SRM, and 39 by DR were involved. In comparison with the SR and DR groups, the SRM group had significantly improved functional outcomes in terms of the postoperative Constant score and visual analog scale score. For retear and intact tendons, Delta Constant scores were not meaningful. Thus, in comparison with SR and DR repair, SRM has a significantly lower retear rate and superior functional outcome.
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