Arthroscopic Anchorless Transosseous Rotator Cuff Repair Produces Equivalent Clinical Outcomes and Imaging Results as a Standard Suture Bridge Technique with Anchors.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To compare the clinical and imaging outcome of arthroscopic transosseous (TO)-equivalent rotator cuff repair (RCR) with anchors with arthroscopic anchorless TO RCR at a minimum of 2 years postoperatively.

Methods

The study population included patients who underwent RCR using either an anchorless TO technique with a TO suture passing device (group A) and those who were matched for tear size and underwent RCR using suture anchors for repair (group B). The inclusion criterion was an easily reducible rotator cuff tear with a sagittal extension of 2 to 4 cm. After a minimum of 2 years, clinical outcome scores and magnetic resonance imaging were obtained. Tendon quality and footprint integration were evaluated using the Sugaya classification.

Results

Seventy patient

SUBMITTER: Binder H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9791879 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature