ArticleFrontiers in surgery2024
Risk factors for healing failure after arthroscopic rotator cuff repair in small to medium-sized tears: a retrospective cohort study.
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- Effect of Human-Derived Collagen Injection on Clinical and Structural Outcomes after Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair: A Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial.Clinics in orthopedic surgery · 2026Trial
- Timing of corticosteroid injection within 1 year prior to rotator cuff repair was not associated with increased risk of repair failure.JSES international · 2026Article
- Recent Advancements in Non-surgical Approaches for the Management of Delayed Union and Nonunion in Long Bone Fractures of the Extremities: A Review.Advances in therapy · 2026Review
- Arthroscopic suture-bridge repair of small and medium supraspinatus tears: a simplified Lassoloop technique with single medial and knotless lateral anchors.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2025Article
- Augmentation Techniques for Rotator Cuff Repairs.JBJS reviews · 2025Review
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Abstract
Objectives: To identify risk factors for tendon healing failure following arthroscopic rotator cuff repair (ARCR) in patients with small to medium-sized rotator cuff tears (RCTs). Methods: A retrospective study was conducted on 320 patients with RCTs who underwent arthroscopic repair between June 2018 and June 2021. All patients had at least 2 years of postoperative follow-up, with MRI scans at the final assessment. Based on MRI results, patients were categorized into the healing success group (Group A: types I-III) or the healing failure group (Group B: types IV-V). Variables associated with rotator cuff healing, including patient characteristics, baseline symptoms, imaging data, and surgery-related factors, were analyzed using univariate and multivariate logistic regression. Results: Healing failure occurred in 54 of the 320 patients (16.9%). Functional status improved significantly across all patients ( Conclusions: Smoking, diabetes, lower BMD, higher FI, and smaller AHD are independent risk factors for healing failure following ARCR.
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