American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons score: what does it tell us about patients selecting operative treatment of a rotator cuff injury?

ABSTRACT:

Background

As shared decision-making rises in importance and minimum clinically important differences become benchmarks for treatment success or failure based on the increased usage of patient-reported outcomes, it is important to understand the breadth of starting points for patients as that should affect the interpretation of individual postoperative score changes.

Methods

This is a retrospective data review of prospectively collected American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons (ASES) score of patients electing to undergo rotator cuff repair with 1-year follow-up. A residual improvement: possible to achieve ratio (RIPAR) was calculated to demonstrate what percent of maximal possible improvement was gained at 1 year. A minimal clinically important difference (MCID) of 12 was used.

SUBMITTER: Agel J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10499637 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature