One-year patient-reported outcomes following primary arthroscopic rotator cuff repair vary little by surgeon.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study's purpose was to investigate the extent to which differences among operating surgeons may influence 1-year patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) in patients undergoing rotator cuff repair (RCR) surgery, after controlling for general and disease-specific patient factors. We hypothesized that surgeon would be additionally associated with 1-year PROMs, specifically the baseline to 1-year improvement in Penn Shoulder Score (PSS).

Methods

We used mixed multivariable statistical modeling to assess the influence of surgeon (and alternatively surgical case volume) on 1-year PSS improvement in patients undergoing RCR at a single health system in 2018, controlling for eight patient- and six disease-specific preoperative factors as possible confounders. Contri

SUBMITTER: Sahoo S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10328782 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature