ArticleEuropean journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society2020
Return to work after early repair of acute traumatic rotator cuff tears.
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- Return to physical activities after arthroscopic rotator cuff repair: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European journal of orthopaedic surgery & traumatology : orthopedie traumatologie · 2023Pooled it
- Definition of the terms "acute" and "traumatic" in rotator cuff injuries: a systematic review and call for standardization in nomenclature.Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery · 2021Pooled it
- The human disharmony loop: high rates of return to work in intractable workers' compensation patients undergoing surgical release of the pectoralis minor with infraclavicular neurolysis.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2026Article
- Factors influencing return to work after rotator cuff surgery: A scoping review.Work (Reading, Mass.) · 2025Article
- Predictors of Return to Work Following Primary Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair: An Analysis of 1502 Cases.The American journal of sports medicine · 2023Article
- Clinical perspectives for repairing rotator cuff injuries with multi-tissue regenerative approaches.Journal of orthopaedic translation · 2022Review
- Earlier Return to Light Duty Is Associated With Successful Return to Full Duty of Workers' Compensation Patients Treated With Shoulder Arthroscopic Surgery.Arthroscopy, sports medicine, and rehabilitation · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundLost workdays following rotator cuff repair is not well-studied in the literature. We aimed to define the time away from work following early arthroscopic repair of acute traumatic rotator cuff tears and compare it with the recommendations of the American Medical Disability Advisor (MD Guidelines) and The Swedish Social Insurance Agency.
methodsThirty-two consecutive working patients with a median age of 58 (42-70) years suffering from acute traumatic rotator cuff tears who underwent arthroscopic repair were prospectively studied. The studied variables were age, gender, alcohol use, smoking, number of injured tendons, dominant side involvement, work-related injury, employment status, preoperative work level, alterations of work tasks at return to work, and time away from work.
results97% of the patients returned to full-duty work. The median time to return to full-duty work was 5.0 (1.1-10.5) months. Preoperative work level (p = 0.025) and dominant side (p = 0.02) significantly affected the time away from work on the univariate analysis, while GLM model showed a trend (p = 0.09) for shorter sick leave by dominant side involvement. The sick leave was longer in all three work level categories compared with the MD Guidelines and longer in the light and medium work categories compared with the recommendations by FK.
conclusionsAccording to the present study, acute traumatic rotator cuff tears cause a considerable loss of work days. However, almost all patients are expected to return to work after a median time of 5 months following arthroscopic repair. Current guidelines and recommendations regarding sick leave following repair of rotator cuff tears might have to be reviewed.
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