ArticleKnee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA2018
Completion repair exhibits increased healing characteristics compared with in situ repair of partial thickness bursal rotator cuff tears.
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- Transtendon technique versus repair after completion of the tear for articular-sided partial rotator cuff tear: a meta-analysis of comparative studies.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2023Pooled it
- Transtendon repair vs. tear completion in partial-thickness rotator cuff tears: systematic review and meta-analysis.JSES reviews, reports, and techniques · 2026Review
- Nondisruptive Full-Thickness Double-Row Repair Technique for Bursal-Sided Partial-Thickness Rotator Cuff Tears.Arthroscopy techniques · 2025Article
- Arthroscopic Noninvasive Transtendon Double-Pulley Suture Bridge Repair of Partial Articular Supraspinatus Tendon Avulsions.Arthroscopy techniques · 2025Article
- Switching Stick-Guided Spinal Needle Repair Technique for Small Size Rotator Cuff Tear.Arthroscopy techniques · 2025Article
- "Mini-Incision" Transtendon Double-Pulley Suture-Bridge Repair of PASTA Lesion.Arthroscopy techniques · 2024Article
- Functional and MRI Outcomes After In Situ Repair Versus Tear Completion Before Repair of Bursal-Side Partial-Thickness Rotator Cuff Tears.Orthopaedic surgery · 2023Article
- Treatment With Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3β Inhibitor Decreases Apoptotic and Autophagic Reactions in Rat Rotator Cuff Tears.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2021Article
- Efficacy of threading lasso fixation in repairing partial articular supraspinatus tendon avulsion lesions: a retrospective study.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2021Article
- "Ninja Technique" for Percutaneous Completion of Partial-Thickness, Articular-Sided Rotator Cuff Tears.Arthroscopy techniques · 2021Article
- Arthroscopic Single Lateral Row Repair Technique for Small Rotator Cuff Tears.Arthroscopy techniques · 2021Article
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purposeLittle information is available regarding the healing capacity of in situ and completion repair for the treatment of partial thickness rotator cuff tears. The purpose of the study was to analyze the healing characteristics of both techniques.
methodsTwenty-four adult Sprague-Dawley rats were operated. Partial thickness bursal side tears were created bilaterally at the supraspinatus tendons. Additional 6 rats were used as the sham group. The right shoulders were repaired in situ, and the left shoulders were repaired using the tear completion technique on the 10th day after detachment surgery. Rats were sacrificed on the 10th and 30th days after repair surgery. Type I collagen, the TNF-α concentrations, the number and diameter of fibroblasts, and neovascularization were examined at two different time points.
resultsThe collagen concentration (ng/mg total protein) was significantly increased in both groups at T1 and decreased in the in situ group, whereas completion repair continued to increase at T2 (P < 0.05). The mean fibroblast diameter in the completion repair group continued to increase at both time points (P < 0.05). Neovascularization was significantly increased with tear completion compared with in situ repair (P < 0.05) at T1. No significant (n.s.) differences regarding the TNF-α concentration (pg/mg total protein) were noted for both surgical techniques at T2 (P > 0.05).
conclusionDespite the concerns of detaching the intact tendon, the completion repair technique exhibited increased healing characteristics compared with the in situ technique. The reason for this finding might be the refreshing effect of debridement at the chronic degenerated tendon that could improve the healing response.
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