Mid- to Long-Term Outcomes After Deep Infections After Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To review clinical and subjective outcomes in patients with deep infections after arthroscopic rotator cuff repair.

Methods

All patients in whom deep infections developed after arthroscopic rotator cuff repair at a single center between 2002 and 2016 were retrospectively reviewed. Demographic data, clinical and microbiological findings, and treatment were analyzed. Clinical and subjective outcomes included the Constant score, visual analog scale score for pain, American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons score, and Simple Shoulder Test score.

Results

Thirty patients could be identified and included in the study. The most commonly isolated pathogens were Staphylococcus epidermidis (36.7%) and Cutibacterium acnes (30.0%). In 26 of 30 patients (86.7%), the

SUBMITTER: Frank JK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7451929 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature