Arthroscopic Transosseous Repair of Rotator Cuff Tear and Greater Tuberosity Cysts.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To evaluate the short-term outcomes of rotator cuff repair in the presence of a greater tuberosity cyst (GTC) using a transosseous repair technique.

Methods

This study included patients who underwent arthroscopic rotator cuff tear repair with a transosseous technique and were evaluated clinically and by postoperative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) after 1 year. The inclusion criteria were based on the results of preoperative MRI and were as follows: patients identified as having a repairable full-thickness rotator cuff tear associated with the presence of cystic changes at the tendon insertion site of the greater tuberosity, defined as a GTC involving the footprint area of the torn tendon (supraspinatus and/or infraspinatus tendons).

Results

We evaluated 25

SUBMITTER: Chillemi C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7283963 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature