Assessment of the Preserved Biceps Tendon After Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair in Patients ≤ 55 Years.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

We assessed hypertrophy of preserved long head of the biceps tendon (LHBT) and vascularity in the bicipital groove after arthroscopic rotator cuff repair in ≤55-year-old patients and compared postoperative pain between shoulders with or without vascularity in the bicipital groove.

Methods

Patients who underwent arthroscopic rotator cuff repair between 2015 and 2017 were reviewed. Inclusion criteria were arthroscopic rotator cuff repair and ≤55 years old. Exclusion criteria were a history of contralateral rotator cuff repair, revision surgery, partial repair or superior capsular reconstruction, shoulder dislocation or fracture, torn LHBT at surgery, LHBT tenodesis, retears, <1-year follow-up, and incomplete follow-up data. Cross-sectional area (CSA) of the LHBT and va

SUBMITTER: Kawashima I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8527261 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature