Prospective single-surgeon series of 73 patients undergoing all-arthroscopic repair of full-thickness rotator cuff tears, with minimum 2-year follow-up. Evaluates functional outcomes across UCLA, ASES, and Constant-Murley scoring systems as well as patient-reported SF-36 health measures across a spectrum of tear sizes.
When counseling patients or selecting approach for full-thickness rotator cuff repair, this series supports all-arthroscopic technique as capable of matching open repair outcomes (84% good/excellent) across a range of tear sizes — but the authors are explicit that this is only appropriate for surgeons already facile with both open and arthroscopic shoulder surgery.
Tear retractability, not size alone, determines arthroscopic repairability.
Prospective single-surgeon series of 73 patients undergoing all-arthroscopic repair of full-thickness rotator cuff tears, with minimum 2-year follow-up. Evaluates functional outcomes across UCLA, ASES, and Constant-Murley scoring systems as well as patient-reported SF-36 health measures across a spectrum of tear sizes.
When counseling patients or selecting approach for full-thickness rotator cuff repair, this series supports all-arthroscopic technique as capable of matching open repair outcomes (84% good/excellent) across a range of tear sizes — but the authors are explicit that this is only appropriate for surgeons already facile with both open and arthroscopic shoulder surgery.
Tear retractability, not size alone, determines arthroscopic repairability.