Relationship Between the Arthroscopic Anatomy of the Middle Glenohumeral Ligament and the Rotator Cuff Tear Position

RenJi Hospital125 enrolled

Overview

The main aim and scope of this study is making observation and comparing the difference in the tear position in the patients suffered form rotator cuff tear with different arthroscopic anatomy of the middle glenohumeral ligament. The results may identify the influence of the middle glenohumeral ligament anatomy type on the rotator cuff tear.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

125

Conditions

Rotator Cuff Tears

Interventions

Rotator cuff repairPROCEDURE

The patients received the arthroscopic rotator cuff repair.

Eligibility

Sex: ALL

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * partial or full-thickness but reparable rotator cuff tear; * small- to large-sized rotator cuff tears being defined by DeOrio and Cofied4; * no improvements after at least 1 month of conservative treatment such as NSAIDs or corticosteroid injection. Exclusion Criteria: * massive rotator cuff tears being defined by DeOrio and Cofied; * patients with osteoarthritis of the glenohumeral joint; * trauma or a history of surgery at the shoulder.

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

The arthroscopic tear position (Anetrior/Middle/Posterior)

The rotator cuff was divided into three parts according to the arthroscopic discovery: (1) the anterior part which contained the subsacpularis and one third of the suprascapularis forward; (2) the middle part which contained the two thirds of the suprascapularis backward and one third of the subscapularis forward; (3) the posterior part which contained two thirds of subscapularis backward and teres minor.

Time frame: During the surgery

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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