The purpose of this study would be to evaluate a group of patients status post post-total shoulder arthroplasty to assess the integrity of the rotator cuff using ultrasound. We believe ultrasonography imaging to be a comparable and efficacious modality to evalute tenotomy healing rates and diagnose rotator cuff failure after total shoulder arthroplasty. In addition, we believe ultrasonography to be a cost-effective modality to asses the rotator cuff after total shoulder arthroplasty. Our population would consist of patients that received total shoulder arthroplasty within the last 5 years.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
12
Evaluation of post-operative patients who have had total shoulder arthroplasty and will assess the integrity of the rotator cuff using ultrasound.
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, North Carolina, United States
Number of confirmed healed rotator cuff tear as measured by ultrasound
Time frame: time of procedure, up to 1 hour
Number of confirmed non-healed tenotomy
Time frame: time of procedure, up to 1 hour
Number of confirmed rotator cuff tears
Time frame: time of procedure, up to 1 hour
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